Sousveillance, media and strategic political communication : Iraq, USA, UK / Vian Bakir.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bakir, Vian, 1971- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication in politics--Great Britain.

Communication in politics.

Communication in politics--Iraq.

Communication in politics--United States.

Iraq War, 2003-2011--Mass media and the war.

Iraq War, 2003-2011.

Mass media--Political aspects--Great Britain.

Mass media.

Mass media--Political aspects--Iraq.

Mass media--Political aspects--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Continuum, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Fusing perspectives from politics, media studies and cultural studies, Sousveillance, Media and Strategic Political Communication offers insights into impacts on strategic political communication of the emergence of web-based participatory media ('Web 2.0') across the first decade of the 21st century. Countering the control engendered in strategic political communication, Steve Mann's concepts of hierarchical sousveillance (politically motivated watching of the institutional watchers) and personal sousveillance (apolitical, human-centred life-sharing) is applied to Web 2.0. Focusing on interplays of user-generated and mainstream media about, and from, Iraq, detailed case studies explore different levels of control over strategic political communication during key moments, including the start of the 2003 Iraq war, the 2004 Abu Ghraib scandal, and Saddam Hussein's execution in 2006. These are contextualized by overviews of political and media environments from 2001-09. Dr Bakir outlines broader implications of sousveillant web-based participatory media for strategic political communication, exploring issues of agenda-building, control, and the cycle of emergence, resistance and reincorporation of Web 2.0. Sousveillance cultures are explored, delineating issues of anonymity, semi-permanence, instanteneity resistance and social change."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Acknowledgements

Glossary

Chapter 1. Web-Based Participatory Media, Strategic Political Communication and Sousveillance

Chapter 2. Bearing Witness During the 2003 Iraq War : Embeds and Bloggers

Chapter 3. Controlling the Military's Image : Abu Ghraib (2004) and Is This the Way to Armadillo (2005)

Chapter 4. Controlling Saddam Hussein's Image : His Capture (2003) and Execution (2006)

Chapter 5. Sousveillance and Strategic Political Communication : Developments and Implications

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612821998

9781628928310

162892831X

9781282821996

1282821997

9781441172402

1441172408

OCLC:

670412101