Bring 'Em On: Media and Politics in the Iraq War (Communication, Media, and Politics) [Paperback]

Lee Artz (Editor), Yahya R. Kamalipour (Editor), Douglas Kellner (Foreword, Contributor), Heinz Brandenburg (Contributor), Lisa Brooten (Contributor), Elisia L. Cohen (Contributor), Timothy M. Cole (Contributor), Christian Fuchs (Contributor), Mike Gasher (Contributor), William B. Hart (Contributor), Fran Hassencahl (Contributor), Adel Iskandar (Contributor), Liz Jacka (Contributor), Andrew Jakubowicz (Contributor), Sue Curry Jansen (Contributor), Robert Jensen (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 26, 2004 | ISBN-10: 0742536890 | ISBN-13: 978-0742536890

How were the American people prepared for the war on Iraq? How have political agents and media gatekeepers sought to develop public support for the first preventive war of the modern age? Bring 'Em On highlights the complex links between media and politics, analyzing how communication practices are modified in times of crisis to protect political interests or implement political goals. International contributors in mass communication, political science, and sociology address how U.S. institutional media practices, government policy, and culture can influence public mobilization for war.

Editorial Reviews

Review

...Provides carefully documented analysis, in chapters that stand both as self-contained studies and as building blocks in a multifaceted explanation as to how the media and public culture prepared the American public for the untested policy of so-called preventive war. (Global Dialogue )

This book shows how the U.S. corporate media enabled the Bush administration's policy and raises serious questions concerning the role of the media in a democracy—and the need for the media to play more critical and democratic roles in debating issues of war and peace and national security. (Kellner, Douglas )

About the Author

Lee Artz is associate professor in the Department of Communication and Creative Arts at Purdue University Calumet. Yahya R. Kamalipour is professor and head of the Department of Communication and Creative Arts at Purdue University Calumet.

Product Details

• Paperback: 296 pages
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (November 26, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0742536890
• ISBN-13: 978-0742536890
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,612,292 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)