Ugly war, pretty package : how CNN and Fox News made the invasion of Iraq high concept /

Ugly war, pretty package : how CNN and Fox News made the invasion of Iraq high concept /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jaramillo, Deborah Lynn, 1976-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2009]
Subjects:
Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Television and the war.
Television broadcasting of news > United States.
War in mass media.
Mass media > Objectivity > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the spectacle of televised war
  • High concept, media conglomeration, and commercial news
  • The high-concept war narrative
  • Intertextuality, genres, and stars
  • War characters
  • The look and sound of high-concept war coverage
  • The marketing of the 2003 invasion of Iraq
  • Conclusion: the narrative exits screen right, the coverage fizzles, and news is what, exactly?