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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456292203321

Autore

Jaramillo Deborah Lynn <1976->

Titolo

Ugly war, pretty package [[electronic resource] ] : how CNN and Fox News made the invasion of Iraq high concept / / Deborah L. Jaramillo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2009

ISBN

1-282-31974-4

9786612319747

0-253-00340-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (268 p.)

Disciplina

956.7044/31

Soggetti

Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Television and the war

Television broadcasting of news - United States

War in mass media

Mass media - Objectivity - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-237) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: the spectacle of televised war -- High concept, media conglomeration, and commercial news -- The high-concept war narrative -- Intertextuality, genres, and stars -- War characters -- The look and sound of high-concept war coverage -- The marketing of the 2003 invasion of Iraq -- Conclusion: the narrative exits screen right, the coverage fizzles, and news is what, exactly?