Mass media, mass propaganda
Subtitle: examining American news in the "War on terror"
By: Anthony R. Dimaggio.
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 329
ISBN-13: 9780739119020
Subjects: War on Terrorism, 2001- -- Mass media and the war; Iraq War, 2003- -- Mass media and the war; Mass media and war -- United States; Terrorism and mass media -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Public trust, media, and the "war on terror"; title: All the news that's fit to omit : a background to pro-war media; title: Weapons of mass diversion / Anthony DiMaggio and Paul Fasse; title: The media's war; title: Railing Iraqi resistance : "insurgency," militias, and the unfolding civil war; title: Free speech fatalities; title: A world of Orwellian doublethink; title: Doctrines of media and state : hailing humanitarianism, dismissing disaster; title: Catapult the media; title: Afghanistan and 9/11: the "war on terror" declared; title: A game plan for infinite war?; title: Conclusion: A movement for progressive media reform.