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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807260403321

Autore

Theobald John <1946-, >

Titolo

The media and the making of history / / John Theobald

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-23837-3

1-351-88585-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 pages)

Disciplina

302.23

Soggetti

Mass media - Political aspects

World politics - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2004 by Ashgate Publishing.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Moments of untruth -- 2. Radical media critics : the four generations -- 3. The great discursive illusion : 1914-1918 -- 4. No word that fits : media discourse and the rise of fascism -- 5. Comics and communism : Tintin fights the Cold War -- 6. Consuming reality : mutually assured destruction and routines of embedded deception -- 7. Acting as if. : resistance to dominant discourse of anti-communism and nuclear escalation in the 1980s -- 8. A collapse of hegemonic discourse : resistance in Eastern Europe -- 9. Cold War victory and the selling of German unification -- 10. The longevity of wartime discourses and identities : the case of Britain and Europe -- 11. The Balkans revisited -- 12. Twin towers of Babel : 'war on terrorism' and 'anticipatory pre-emption' -- 13. Conclusion : for an active audience.