When media goes to war : hegemonic discourse, public opinion, and the limits of dissent /
by Anthony DiMaggio.
- New York, NY : Monthly Review Press, 2010.
- 384 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-318) and index.
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.
9781583671993 (pbk.) 9781583672006 (cloth)
2009049577
Mass media and war--United States. Mass media--Objectivity--United States. Mass media and propaganda--United States. Iraq War, 2003-2011--Mass media and the war. Iraq War, 2003-2011--Propaganda. Public opinion--United States.