On floods and photo ops
Subtitle: how Herbert Hoover and George W. Bush exploited catastrophes
By: Paul Martin Lester.
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Jackson
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781604732863
Subjects: Bush, George W. -- 1946- -- In mass media -- Case studies; Hoover, Herbert, -- 1874-1964 -- In mass media -- Case studies; Disasters -- Political aspects -- United States -- Case studies; Photojournalism -- Political aspects -- United States -- Case studies; Photographs -- Political aspects -- United States -- History; Manipulative behavior -- Political aspects -- United States -- Case studies; Hurricane Katrina, 2005; Floods -- Mississippi River -- History -- 20th century
Genres: Case studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Discoveries : from banality comes understanding; title: Analysis : ways of seeing and studying images; title: Publicity : the photo op as a political tool; title: Floods : when water defeats land; title: Lives : Herbert Clark Hoover and George Walker Bush; title: Natchez : analysis of the Hoover photograph; title: Delisle : analysis of the Bush photograph; title: Connections : ordinary images teach complex lessons.