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UNINA9910826625603321 |
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Autore |
Lewis Jeff <1964-> |
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Titolo |
Language wars : the role of media and culture in global terror and political violence / / Jeff Lewis |
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London ; ; Ann Arbor, Mich., : Pluto Press, 2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-84964-463-2 |
1-281-75094-8 |
9786611750947 |
1-4356-6264-4 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (296 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Mass media and language |
Mass media and culture |
Mass media and public opinion |
Terrorism and mass media |
Violence in mass media |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Terrorism and Language Wars -- The Mediation of Terror -- Culture and the Political Signifier -- Cultural Politics and Globalization -- Government, Democracy and the Mediasphere -- Structure and Methods -- Key Concepts -- 1 Mediated Terror and the Politics of Representation -- Terror -- Televisual Media and the Broadcast of Violence -- Representation and Violence -- The First Casualty: War and Truth -- Conclusions -- 2 Conflict and Culture: Civilization, History, Identity -- Culture and Islam -- The Clash of Civilizations Thesis -- The Media and Cultural Division -- Division and Identity Politics -- History and the Roots of Islam -- Modernization and Civil Society in the Middle East -- Palestine and the 'Jewish Question' -- The Body Politic: Interface with Globalization -- Interdependence and the Formation of the Cultural Divide -- Conclusions -- 3 The Meaning of 9/ 11: In the Midst of Infi nite Justice -- Meaning and the Aesthetics of Terror -- Divine Justice: Global Order -- Citizens, Consensus and Dissent -- Hero - Victims -- Public Opinion and the Not- Quite- Real |
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