Selling War - The Role of Mass Media in Hostile Conflicts from World War I to War

Informationen zum Autor Dr Josef Seethaler is deputy director of the Institute for Comparative Media and Communication Studies (CMC), which is hosted by the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the University of Klagenfurt. He also works as a lecturer at the universities of Vienna and Klagenfurt, and participates in several international projects, e.g., ‘Worlds of Journalism’ and ‘Media Pluralism Monitor’ (on behalf of the European Commission). He is member of several scientific advisory boards and works as a reviewer for highly ranked journals and various scientific associations. He has mainly published on political communication, political journalism and the development of media systems. Contact: Institute for Comparative Media and Communication Studies (CMC), Austrian Academy of Sciences, University of Klagenfurt, 1010 Wien, Bäckerstraße 13, 1. Stock, Vienna, Austria. Klappentext This book is the first collection of essays to explore the changing relationships between war, media and the public from a multidisciplinary perspective and over an extended historical period. It is also the first textbook for students in this field, discussing a wide range of theoretical concepts and methodological tools for analysing the nature of these relationships. Shedding new light on conflicts spanning from World War I through the so-called War on Terror, the contributors explore the roles of traditional media, war blogs and eyewitness reporting; of war correspondents and embedded journalism; and of propaganda, wartime public relations and information warfare. Zusammenfassung Brings together international scholarship to explore the changing relationships between war! media! and the public from multidisciplinary perspectives and over an extended historical period! spanning from World War I through the so-called 'War on Terror'.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Josef Seethaler, Josef (EDT)/ Karmasin Seethaler
• Collaboration: Matthias Karmasin (Editeur), Gabriele Melischek (Editeur), Josef Seethaler (Editeur), Josef (Austrian Academy of Sciences Seethaler (Editeur), Romy Wohlert (Editeur)
• Edition: University Of Chicago Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 15.12.2012
• EAN: 9781841506104
• ISBN: 978-1-84150-610-4
• Pages: 240
• Thèmes: Intellect Books - European Com; Intellect Books - European Com
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Technique > Technique calorifique et énergétique, centrales énergétiques; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Médias, communication > Sciences des médias