Rethinking Global Security - Media, Popular Culture, and the "War on Terror" (Paperback)

Analysts today routinely look toward the media and popular culture as a way of understanding global security. Although only a decade ago, such a focus would have seemed out of place, the proliferation of digital technologies in the twenty-first century has transformed our knowledge of near and distant events so that it has become impossible to separate the politics of war, suffering, terrorism, and security from the practices and processes of the media. In Rethinking Global Security, Andrew Martin and Patrice Petro bring together ten path-breaking essays that explore the ways that our notions of fear, insecurity, and danger are fostered by intermediary sources such as television, radio, film, satellite imaging, and the Internet. The contributors, who represent a wide variety of disciplines, including communications, art history, media studies, women's studies, and literature, show how both fictional and fact-based threats to global security have helped to create and sustain a culture that is deeply distrustful - of images, stories, reports, and policy decisions. such as Howard Stern, to the role that Buffy the Vampire Slayer and other television programming play as an interpretative frame for current events. Designed to promote strategic thinking about the relationships between media, popular culture, and global security, this book is essential reading for scholars of international relations, technology, and media studies.

General

Imprint:	Rutgers University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	New Directions in International Studies
Release date:	April 2006
First published:	2006
Editors:	Andrew Martin (Professor) • Patrice Petro
Authors:	Wendy Kozol • Marcus Bullock • James Castonguay • Mary Layoun • Rebecca Decola • Patricia Mellencamp • Tony Grajeda • Mike Allen
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	258
ISBN-13:	978-0-8135-3830-3
Categories:	Books
LSN:	0-8135-3830-0
Barcode:	9780813538303

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