Description
Book SynopsisA timely analysis of mass media representations of the 'War on Terror' that dismantles the myths and rhetoric used to consolidate western power.
Trade Review'An original, incisive and elegantly written analysis of contemporary warfare, rhetoric and power' -- Karen Ross, Professor of Media and Public Communication, University of Liverpool
'Dismantles the myths of the war on terror and demonstrates how the rhetoric of terror provides a pretext for the consolidation of state security and the expansion of military power' -- Stephen Morton, University of Southampton
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction: The Composition of the 'Terror War'
1. From The 'War On Terror' To 'Overseas Contingency Operations'
2. War, Terror And the Real
3. Media and the Reproduction Of Meaning
4. Surveillance, Authority and Linguistic Categories
5. Film, Bureaucracy and the Gendered Protagonist
6. Economic Transformation, Protest and the State
Conclusion: Democracy and the Terror War
Notes
Bibliography
Index
