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

• Autore: Steuter Erin <1963->
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, : Lexington Books, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (266 p.)
• Disciplina: 070.4/49909831
• Soggetto topico: Mass media - Social aspects; Mass media and public opinion; Terrorism in mass media; Fear; Propaganda; Social control
• Altri autori: WillsDeborah <1962->
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: At war with metaphor
• ISBN: 1-282-49340-X; 9786612493409; 0-7391-3031-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910806231503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II