| Tabloid Terror: War, Culture, and Geopolitics Contributor(s): Debrix, Francois (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415772907 ISBN-13: 9780415772907 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $209.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - General - Social Science | Media Studies - History | United States - 21st Century |
| Dewey: 973.931 |
| LCCN: 2007006057 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.02 lbs) 198 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book analyzes the methods, effects, and mechanisms by which international relations reach the US citizen. Deftly dissecting the interrelationships of national identity formation, corporate 'news and opinion' dissemination, and the quasi-academic apparatus of war justification - focusing on the Bush administration's exploitation of the fear and insecurity caused by 9/11 and how this has manifested itself in the US media (especially the tabloid populist media). Debrix explains how all serve to defend and produce state power and develops a model of tabloidized international relations, where responses are both organized by, and supportive of, a strong centralized US government. The field of International Relations sorely needs such analytics, in so far as it explains how people in their everyday lives relate to transnational issues. Tabloid Terror critically covers a wide variety of US popular culture from the Internet to Fox News; analyzes diverse authors as Julia Kristeva, J.G. Ballard and Robert Kaplan and takes into account renowned international relations interlocutors as Don Imus, Bill O'Reilly, and Tommy Franks. |