Cultural messaging in the U.S. war on terrorism [[electronic resource] ] : a performative approach to security / / Polly Sylvia

• Autore: Sylvia Polly <1977->
• Pubblicazione: El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (159 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.931
• Soggetto topico: War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 - Social aspects - United States; Terrorism - Prevention - United States; Social control - United States; Mass media - United States; Advertising - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: From Autoethnography to PerformativeMethodology; Chapter 3: The Body in Performance; Chapter 4: Branding Sense Perception; Chapter 5: Mediated Bodies; Chapter 6: Conclusion; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Sylvia focuses on the impact of the "If You See Something, Say Something" advertising campaign in the New York City subway system. She demonstrates how ideas regarding security and terrorism are socially constructed; it shows how the narrative of the war on terrorism as a political project was linked to the narrative of a local urban security campaign. Her thesis suggests that this advertising campaign perpetuates the politics of fear connected to the greater war on terrorism and that this advertising campaign is a mechanism of social control. Sylvia's research draws upon and supports Michel F
• Titolo autorizzato: Cultural messaging in the U.S. war on terrorism
• ISBN: 1-59332-631-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462942003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship