Brute Reality - Power, Discourse and the Mediation of War

Informationen zum Autor Stuart Price is Principal Lecturer in Media, Film and Journalism, at De Montfort University, UK. He is the author of Brute Reality: Power, Discourse and the Mediation of War (Pluto, 2010) and Discourse Power Address (2007). Klappentext This book is an analysis of those formal attempts, made by prominent social actors, to present a rationale for the existence and exercise of coercive power. The author shows that the 'war on terror' and its associated campaigns are an aggressive attempt to assert the contradictory interests of a trans-national elite. The period chosen to illustrate the key characteristics of this enterprise extends from the state of 'war' created after the September 11th attacks to the strategic adjustments begun during the nadir of the Iraq adventure. The shift in policy of the Obama administration is also analyzed. The book contains a wealth of transcripts and media sources, from Business Week's coverage of the Afghanistan campaign to the rhetorical pronouncements of leading politicians. "Brute Reality" provides students of media studies with a critical insight into a number of influential structures that have helped to shape contemporary attitudes to warfare. Zusammenfassung A timely analysis of mass media representations of the 'War on Terror' that dismantles the myths and rhetoric used to consolidate western power.

Product details

• Authors: Stuart Price, Price Stuart
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.03.2010
• EAN: 9780745320809
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-2080-9
• No. of pages: 223
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Media Studies, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social