| Description |
1 online resource (384 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-318) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: propaganda and the news in a time of terror -- Withdrawal pains: Iraq and the politics of media deference -- There are no protestors here: media marginalizaition and the antiwar movement -- Worthy and unworthy victims of history: the politicization of genocide and human rights in U.S. foreign policy -- Journalistic norms and propaganda: Iraq and the war on terror -- Iran, nuclear weapons, and the politics of fear -- Media, globalization, and violence: views from around the world -- Public rationality, political elitism, and opposition to war -- Media effects on public opinion: propaganda, indoctrination, and mass resistance -- Propaganda, celebrity gossip, and the decline of news -- Postscript: media coverage in the age of Obama. |
| Summary |
In this fresh and provocative book, Anthony DiMaggio uses the war in Iraq and the United States confrontations with Iran as his touchstones to probe the sometimes fine line between news and propaganda. Using Antonio Gramsci's concept of hegemony and drawing upon the seminal works of Noam Chomsky, Edward Herman, and Robert McChesney, DiMaggio combines a rigorousempirical analysis and clear, lucid prose to enlighten readers about issues essential to the struggle for a critical media and a functioning democracy. If, as DiMaggio shows, our newspapers and television news programs play a decisive role in determining what we think, and if, as he demonstrates convincingly, what the media give us is largely propaganda that supports an oppressive and undemocratic status quo, then it is incumbent upon us to make sure that they are responsive to the majority and not just the powerful and privileged few. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Iraq War (2003-2011) (OCoLC)fst01802311
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Mass media and war -- United States.
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Mass media -- Objectivity -- United States.
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Mass media and propaganda -- United States.
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Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Mass media and the war.
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Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Propaganda.
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Public opinion -- United States.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Journalism.
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Mass media and propaganda. (OCoLC)fst01011359
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Mass media and war. (OCoLC)fst01011378
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Mass media -- Objectivity.
(OCoLC)fst01011271
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Propaganda. (OCoLC)fst01078957
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Public opinion. (OCoLC)fst01082785
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Oorlogen.
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Massamedia.
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Journalistiek.
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Propaganda.
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Publieke opinie.
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Außenpolitik.
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Berichterstattung.
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Irakkrieg.
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Massenmedien.
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Propaganda.
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Iran.
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United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dimaggio, Anthony R., 1980- When media goes to war 9781583671993 (DLC) 2009049577 (OCoLC)326466122 |
| ISBN |
9781583675014 (electronic bk.) |
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1583675019 (electronic bk.) |
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