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Author Steuter, Erin, 1963-

Title At war with metaphor : media, propaganda, and racism in the war on terror / Erin Steuter and Deborah Wills.

Publication Info. Lanham : Lexington Books, 2009.
©2008

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  070.4499 S842A    Check Shelf
Edition First paperback edition.
Description xix, 245 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-236) and index.
Contents Weaponizing words : metaphor and war -- Making enemies : propaganda and the making of the orientalist "other" -- Rallying racism : dehumanization and genocide -- Rats in the trap : animal metaphors in the news -- Infestation and eradication : exterminationist rhetoric in political cartoons -- Hatespeak : discourses of dehumanization in talk radio -- Media march to war : understanding news filters -- Boiling the blood and narrowing the mind : fomenting backlash -- Talking our way to peace : new metaphors for change.
Subject Mass media -- Social aspects.
Mass media and public opinion.
Terrorism in mass media.
Fear.
Propaganda.
Social control.
Added Author Wills, Deborah, 1962-
ISBN 9780739121986 cloth alkaline paper
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