LEADER 03706oam 2200625I 450 001 9910806945903321 005 20240418153314.0 010 $a1-317-25617-4 010 $a1-315-63348-5 010 $a1-317-25616-6 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315633480 035 $a(CKB)3710000000526781 035 $a(EBL)4186470 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4186470 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4186470 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11128043 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL877704 035 $a(OCoLC)932340233 035 $a(OCoLC)931534770 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB141530 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000526781 100 $a20180706e20162005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aMedia spectacle and the crisis of democracy $eterrorism, war, and election battles /$fDouglas Kellner 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon :$cRoutledge,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (288 p.) 300 $a"Up-to-date coverage of election 2004's impact"--cover. 300 $aFirst published 2005 by Paradigm Publishers. 311 $a1-59451-118-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction: Media Spectacle and Politics in the Contemporary Era; Chapter 1: Grand Theft 2000: Media Spectacle and a Stolen Election; Media Spectacle in Election 2000; Media Bias in the Representations of Bush and Gore; A Stolen Election; Notes; Chapter 2: Spectacles of Terror and Perpetual War; Weapons of Mass Hysteria; The 9/11 Spectacle; Anthrax, Afghanistan, and Terror Hysteria; Bush Family War Spectacles; Notes 327 $aChapter 3: Preemptive Strikes and the War on Iraq: A Critique of Bush Administration Unilateralism and MilitarismThe "Axis of Evil," Operation Infinite War, and Bush's Attacks on U.S. Democracy; The Bush Doctrine and the Road to Iraq; Weapons of Mass Deception: The Media and the War on Iraq; Notes; Chapter 4: Pandora's Box: The Iraq Horror Show; Reversal of the Spectacle; Iraqi "Sovereignty," the Chalabi Scandals, and the Battle for Najaf; Animal House, Rumsfeld, and Iraqi Chaos; "Freedom Is on the March"; Notes; Chapter 5: Image Wars: Media Spectacle and Election 2004 327 $aSpectacles of the Primary Season and the Democratic ConventionFraming Kerry; Bush's Media Events and the Swift Boat Battles; The Republican Convention and Spectacle of Protest; Big Lies, Bold Lies, and Brazen Lies: Welcome to Bushspeak; Notes; Chapter 6: Decision 2004: The War for the White House; Bush's Lost Year; The CBS Memo Wars; The Debates; Wired Bush?; The Sprint to the End; Endgame: Internet Euphoria and television Debacle; Notes; Conclusion: Salvaging Democracy after Election 2004; Divided Country; A Dysfunctional Electoral System; The Media and Democracy; Cosmopolitan Globalization 327 $aBushgate/Cheneygate: The Coming ConflictsNotes; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Author 606 $aMass media$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States 606 $aIraq War, 2003-2011$xMass media and the war 606 $aMass media$xPolitical aspects 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y2001-2009 615 0$aMass media$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aIraq War, 2003-2011$xMass media and the war. 615 0$aMass media$xPolitical aspects. 676 $a302.230973 700 $aKellner$b Douglas$f1943-,$0549848 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910806945903321 996 $aMedia spectacle and the crisis of democracy$94089322 997 $aUNINA