Description
Book SynopsisUsing high concept as a framework for the analysis of the 2003 coverage of the Iraq War - paying close attention to how Fox News and CNN packaged and promoted the US invasion of Iraq - this book offers a fresh paradigm for understanding how television news reporting shapes our perceptions of events.
Trade ReviewThe author's thorough documentation and careful analysis will be most appreciated by students of journalism or communications, as an understanding of communications theory is helpful, but readers seriously following current events may be interested as well.
* Library Journal *
. . . a thoughtful commentary and critique of the state of the cable news component of early-21st-century journalism. . . . Highly recommended.May 2010
* Choice *
Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Spectacle of Televised War
1. High Concept, Media Conglomeration, and Commercial News
2. The High-Concept War Narrative
3. Intertextuality, Genres, and Stars
4. War Characters
5. The Look and Sound of High-Concept War Coverage
6. The Marketing of the 2003 Invasion of Iraq
Conclusion: The Narrative Exits Screen Right, the Coverage Fizzles, and News is What, Exactly?
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Works Cited
Index
