Description
Book SynopsisThe abyss of misunderstanding and misreporting in the US and Arab media.
Trade Review'This fine book should stimulate some much-needed thinking about the dangers the US public and policy makers face because of their simplistic world view' -- Philip Seib, Lucius W. Nieman Professor of Journalism, Marquette University; author of Beyond the Front Lines: How the News Media Cover a World Shaped by War.
'A compelling and long-needed work' -- Charles A. Krohn, Former Deputy Chief of Public Affairs, U.S. Army
'Pintak combines the keen eye of an experienced journalist with [a] sharp intellect. [He] is not afraid to demolish entrenched mythologies' -- Hisham Melhem, Washington correspondent, an-Nahar newspaper (Lebanon) and host, Al-Arabiya TV's Across the Ocean
'An acute, informed and timely insight into colliding worlds of perception which dominate the global agenda' -- Jim Muir, Middle East correspondent for the BBC and others
Table of ContentsPreface
Introduction: Worldview, Identity and the Other
Section I: Foundations of the Relationship
1. In the Eye of the Beholder
2. U.S. Coverage of Islam
3. The Arab and Muslim Media
Section II: The Framing of an Era
4. Rhetoric, Religion and Righteousness
5. The Myth of Terror and the Terror of Myth
6. Enemies, Allies and other Artificial Constructs
Section III: Perceptions of Policy
7. Weaponizing the Media
8. Prism of Pain: Palestine
9. Rewriting the Script: Iraq
Section IV: Hearts & Minds
10. Beyond the Middle East
11. Brand America
12. Symbols of Empire
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
Notes and References
Index
