War and the Media: Essays on News Reporting, Propaganda and Popular Culture - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786446072 ISBN 13: 9780786446070

Publisher: McFarland & Co, 2009

Synopsis

Mass communication is used by governments to support their war efforts while media images are created or manipulated to inform, persuade or guide the consumers of those images. But this book looks beyond the obvious. The contributors examine historical and contemporary examples that reflect the role of the media or mass communication or both during wartime. The essays highlight the centrality of communication to the perpetuation and to the resolution of war, suggesting that the symbiotic relationship between communication and war is as important to understand as war itself.

About this title

About the Authors

Paul M. Haridakis is an associate professor at Kent State University. He lives in Akron, Ohio.

Barbara Hugenberg is an assistant professor at Kent State University. She lives in Kent, Ohio.

Stanley T. Wearden is dean of the College of Communication and Information at Kent State University. He lives in Kent, Ohio.

From the Back Cover

Mass communication is used by governments to support their war efforts while media images are created or manipulated to inform, persuade or guide the consumers of those images. But this book looks beyond the obvious. The contributors examine historical and contemporary examples that reflect the role of the media or mass communication or both during wartime. The essays highlight the centrality of communication to the perpetuation and to the resolution of war, suggesting that the symbiotic relationship between communication and war is as important to understand as war itself.

Edition details

• Publisher: McFarland & Co
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0786446072
• ISBN 13: 9780786446070
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 265
• Editor: Haridakis Paul M., Hugenberg Barbara S., Wearden Stanley T.