American idol after Iraq : competing for hearts and minds in the global media age / Nathan Gardels and Mike Medavoy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gardels, Nathan.

Contributor:

Medavoy, Mike.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures, American--Foreign countries.

Motion pictures, American.

Motion pictures, American--Foreign countries--Influence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (186 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This dazzling little book explores the role of US media in foreign policy, not only at the present moment, but with an eye to the future.Written by a veteran Hollywood film executive and an internationally known columnist in foreign affairsExplains how American movies, TV shows, and pop music provide the images of America to the rest of the world, and the rest of the world to AmericansIncludes discussions of the cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed Danish daily newspapers, Tibetan monks censored out of Chinese TV news reports only to show up on You Tube, and the Vatican's assault o

Contents:

AMERICAN IDOL AFTER IRAQ; Contents; List of Plates; Foreword by Joseph S. Nye Jr.; 1 Hearts, Minds, and Hollywood; 2 The Magic is Gone - Except at the Box Office; 3 Creativity into Cash: How Hollywood Works; 4 Seeing and Being Seen; 5 Hollywood Beats the Red Army: The Height of America's Cultural Appeal; 6 Backlash: Soft Power is Still Power, and Still Makes Enemies; 7 Culture Wars in the West: The Pope vs. Madonna; 8 Media Storm Troopers of the West vs. Islam; 9 New Stories, New Audiences in the Global Age; 10 Reinventing Cultural Diplomacy; Six Key Concepts of This Book; About the Authors

AcknowledgmentsIndex

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612371172

9781282371170

1282371177

9781405187411

1405187417

9781444310511

1444310518

9781444310504

144431050X

OCLC:

352829961