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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782133503321

Autore

Steuter Erin <1963->

Titolo

At war with metaphor [[electronic resource] ] : media, propaganda, and racism in the war on terror / / Erin Steuter and Deborah Wills

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : Lexington Books, c2008

ISBN

1-282-49340-X

9786612493409

0-7391-3031-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WillsDeborah <1962->

Disciplina

070.4/49909831

Soggetti

Mass media - Social aspects

Mass media and public opinion

Terrorism in mass media

Fear

Propaganda

Social control

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-236) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Weaponizing words : metaphor and war -- Making enemies : propaganda and the making of the orientalist "other" -- Rallying racism : dehumanization and genocide -- Rats in the trap : animal metaphors in the news -- Infestation and eradication : exterminationist rhetoric in political cartoons -- Hatespeak : discourses of dehumanization in talk radio -- Media march to war : understanding news filters -- Boiling the blood and narrowing the mind : fomenting backlash -- Talking our way to peace : new metaphors for change.

Sommario/riassunto

At War with Metaphor offers a compelling analysis of our public discussions of the war on terror and the binding conceptual metaphors through which they are framed. Examining the images of animal, insect, and disease that shape and limit our understanding of the war, and tying these images to historical and contemporary uses of propaganda and media filters, the authors explore how news media, including political cartoons and talk radio, are enmeshed in this damaging, dehumanizing language.