Media Spectacle and the Crisis of Democracy : Terrorism, War, and Election Battles.
Annotation
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Autor principal: | |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Florence :
Taylor and Francis,
2005.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction: Media Spectacle and Politics in the Contemporary Era; Chapter 1: Grand Theft 2000: Media Spectacle and a Stolen Election; Media Spectacle in Election 2000; Media Bias in the Representations of Bush and Gore; A Stolen Election; Notes; Chapter 2: Spectacles of Terror and Perpetual War; Weapons of Mass Hysteria; The 9/11 Spectacle; Anthrax, Afghanistan, and Terror Hysteria; Bush Family War Spectacles; Notes.
- Chapter 3: Preemptive Strikes and the War on Iraq: A Critique of Bush Administration Unilateralism and MilitarismThe "Axis of Evil," Operation Infinite War, and Bush's Attacks on U.S. Democracy; The Bush Doctrine and the Road to Iraq; Weapons of Mass Deception: The Media and the War on Iraq; Notes; Chapter 4: Pandora's Box: The Iraq Horror Show; Reversal of the Spectacle; Iraqi "Sovereignty," the Chalabi Scandals, and the Battle for Najaf; Animal House, Rumsfeld, and Iraqi Chaos; "Freedom Is on the March"; Notes; Chapter 5: Image Wars: Media Spectacle and Election 2004.
- Spectacles of the Primary Season and the Democratic ConventionFraming Kerry; Bush's Media Events and the Swift Boat Battles; The Republican Convention and Spectacle of Protest; Big Lies, Bold Lies, and Brazen Lies: Welcome to Bushspeak; Notes; Chapter 6: Decision 2004: The War for the White House; Bush's Lost Year; The CBS Memo Wars; The Debates; Wired Bush?; The Sprint to the End; Endgame: Internet Euphoria and television Debacle; Notes; Conclusion: Salvaging Democracy after Election 2004; Divided Country; A Dysfunctional Electoral System; The Media and Democracy; Cosmopolitan Globalization.
- Bushgate/Cheneygate: The Coming ConflictsNotes; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Author.