Icons of war and terror : media images in an age of international risk /

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"This book explores the ideas of key thinkers and media practitioners who have examined images and icons of war and terror. Icons of War and Terror explores theories of iconic images of war and terror, not as received pieties but as challenging uncertainties; in doing so, it engages with both c...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Tulloch, John
Other Authors: Blood, Richard Warwick, 1947-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, NY : Routledge, 2012.
Series:Media, war and security.
Subjects:
War in mass media.
Terrorism in mass media.
Violence in mass media.
Visual communication > Political aspects.
Guerre dans les médias.
Terrorisme dans les médias.
Violence dans les médias.
Communication visuelle > Aspect politique.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies.
Terrorism in mass media
Violence in mass media
Visual communication > Political aspects
War in mass media
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Guernica: icon of state terror
  • Ways of seeing the napalmed girl: icons of agony and beauty
  • Two Bangladeshi boys and public culture: iconic or absent
  • "The Gulf War did not take place": smart-weapon icon
  • Picturing Kosovo: virtual, new or old war?
  • Did 9/11 "change everything"? icons out of a clear blue sky
  • Shock doctrine in Iraq: the "Marlboro Marine" and "shock 'n awe"
  • Abu Ghraib, regimes of looking and risk: icon, index and symbol
  • Witnessing terrorism in New York and London: trauma icons
  • Culture warriors: icons of the colonial, then and now
  • Conclusion: walls and borders.

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