U.S. and the others : global media images on "The war on terror" / Stig A. Nohrstedt & Rune Ottosen (eds.)

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nohrstedt, Stig Arne.

Ottosen, Rune.

Nordicom.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009--Mass media and the war.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.

Physical Description:

316 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Other Title:

United States and the others

Place of Publication:

Göteborg, Sweden : NORDICOM, 2004.

Contents:

Media and the 'war on terror' / Birgitta Höijer ... [et. al.]

Being ignorant, living in Manhattan / Toby Miller

Terror and just response / Noam Chomsky

My beating by refugees is a symbol of hatred and fury of this filthy war: a report from Kila Abdullah after Afghan border ordeal / Robert Fisk

USA, the west and the rest after September 11 and October 7 2001 / Johan Galtung

Portraits of evil: Timothy McVeigh and Osama bin Laden in Time and Newsweek / Ivar A. Iversen

The Newsweek war on terrorism: a construction of risk / Karmen Erjavec

Mr. President: "the enemy is closer than you might think" / Rune Ottosen

"All that is solid melts into air": how the September 11 tragedy was presented in the Greek press / Sophia Kaitatzi-Whitlock, with Dimitra Kehagia

The Bulgarian press and the 'New War': a study of the dailies 24 Chassa and Dnevnik / Snezhana Popova & Evelyna Vatova

"No room for neutrality": September 11 and the Irish Times / Sean Phelan

Alternative media, the 'war on terror' and Northern Ireland / Greg McLaughlin & Stephen Baker

A question of partisanship?: Swedish radio on September 11 / Marina Ghersetti

Media, ethics and terrorism: a study of Swedish media's ethics in relation to September 11 / C. Anders Johansson

Disconnection: on mass media and 9/11 / Peter Berglez

Warfare and dual vision in media discourse / Elisabeth Eide

Afghanistan: the war and the media / Jörg Becker.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9189471245

OCLC:

55872561