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Televising War Andrew Hoskins

Televising War By Andrew Hoskins

Televising War by Andrew Hoskins


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Summary

The recent Iraq War has been scrutinised by all aspects of the media. Never before have so many images of conflict been so accessible to the public. Hoskins analyses the relationship the media has on the public's perception of the Iraq War and how the Governments in the US, UK and Iraq have tried to manipulate the public conscience.

Televising War Summary

Televising War: From Vietnam to Iraq by Andrew Hoskins

The recent Iraq War has been heavily scrutinised by all aspects of the media. Never before have so many images of conflict been so accessible to the public. Andrew Hoskins analyses the relationship the media has had on the public's perception on the Iraq war and how the governments in the US, the UK and Iraq have tried to manipulate the public conscience via the media.

Table of Contents

1. Conflicts of memory in a media age; New memory; Media flashframes; Gulf Wars and media history; An ethics of viewing; 2. From Vietnam to the Gulf - re-visions of war; The journalistic context of vietnam; Photographic memory - vietnam and the Gulf War; The Gulf War; Living memories versus media memories; Media templates - vietnam to the Gulf War; Media templates - Gulf War to the Iraq war; 3. Reality TV; Iraq War - new propoganda, visions of speed and proximity; American visions; Critical discourse; Overexposure; 4. Bodies Fallen in time - the resonance of battle; Anonymous corpse - the Jarecke image; Covering the body; The seen unseen; Remembering Al-Amiriya; Showing or saving bodies - the ethics of intervention; Fading images; 5. The Real Saddam? Moster or misjudged; Guest's news; The old Saddam; From Hitler to Inspector Clouseau; Searching for Sadam; 6. The collapse of memory; Shared visions; Eyewitnesses in the line of fire; The collapse of memory

Additional information

GOR003607250
9780826473066
0826473067
Televising War: From Vietnam to Iraq by Andrew Hoskins
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2004-03-01
164
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