Cultural messaging in the U.S. war on terrorism : a performative approach to security / Polly Sylvia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sylvia, Polly, 1977-

Series:

Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009--Social aspects--United States.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.

Terrorism--United States--Prevention.

Terrorism.

Social control--United States.

Social control.

Mass media--United States.

Mass media.

Advertising--United States.

Advertising.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (159 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Sylvia focuses on the impact of the "If You See Something, Say Something" advertising campaign in the New York City subway system. She demonstrates how ideas regarding security and terrorism are socially constructed; it shows how the narrative of the war on terrorism as a political project was linked to the narrative of a local urban security campaign. Her thesis suggests that this advertising campaign perpetuates the politics of fear connected to the greater war on terrorism and that this advertising campaign is a mechanism of social control. Sylvia's research draws upon and supports Michel F

Contents:

CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: From Autoethnography to PerformativeMethodology; Chapter 3: The Body in Performance; Chapter 4: Branding Sense Perception; Chapter 5: Mediated Bodies; Chapter 6: Conclusion; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781593326319

1593326319

OCLC:

826657902