Media & Terrorism


By Dass, Niranjan
May 2008
MD Publications
Distributed by
ISBN: 9788175331082
352 pages, 5 3/4 x 8 3/4"
$67.50 Hardcover


Media and Terrorism analses the larger issues surrounding media\'s portrayal of terrorism. These candid conversations capture the difficulties of reporting during crisis and war,particularly the tension between government and the press.As the Information age collides with the war on Terrorism, that challenge becomes even more critical and daunting.

Bringing together fifteen classic essays by prominent scholars in a variety of fields, including history,international,relations,communications,film studies,anthropology,ploitical science,and cultural studies, terrorism, media, liberation explores the relationship between violent action and the technological media that prsent and frame them for mass audiences.This volume complements readings in upperlevel mass communication courses and will appeal to scholars of international media and terrorism.




Political Science; Sociology


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