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At war with metaphor media, propaganda, and racism in the war on terror /

When photographs documenting the torture and humiliation of prisoners at Abu Ghraib came to the attention of a horrified public, national and international voices were raised in shock, asking how this happened. At War with Metaphor offers an answer, arguing that the abuses of Abu Ghraib were part of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Steuter, Erin, 1963-
Other Authors: Wills, Deborah, 1962-
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, ©2008.
Subjects:
Mass media > Social aspects.
Mass media and public opinion.
Terrorism in mass media.
Fear.
Propaganda.
Social control.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Journalism.
Mass media.
Terrorism.
Medien > Terrorismus > USA.
Terrorismus > Medien > USA.
Electronic books.
Online Access:View fulltext via EzAccess
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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