Freaking out : a decade of living with terrorism / Joshua Woods.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Woods, Joshua.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terrorism--United States--Public opinion.

Terrorism.

Terrorism--Government policy--United States--Public opinion.

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Personal narratives.

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.

International relations.

Public opinion.

Terrorism--Government policy.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--Public opinion.

Genre:

Personal narratives.

Physical Description:

xv, 176 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, [2012]

Summary:

Highlights the role of public opinion and media framing in analyzing how we now think about the threat of terrorism; Scrutinizes press coverage of the 9/11 attacks in seven foreign countries: China, Columbia, Egypt, Germany, India, Lithuania, and Russia; Synthesizes current research on the threat of terrorism from the fields of psychology, sociology, communications, and political science

Contents:

The war on [insert enemy here]

Solid fear

A country united

sort of

The authoritarian turn

Radical Islam, loose nukes, and other reasons to freak out

The fear factory under three presidents

Global responses to terror

Democracy on the fritz.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 164-171) and index.

ISBN:

9781597976664

1597976660

OCLC:

682895712