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1 online resource (220 pages). |
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New directions in international studies
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UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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New directions in international studies.
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| Summary |
Narrative Landmines explores how rumors fit into and extend narrative systems and ideologies, particularly in the context of terrorism, counter-terrorism, and extremist insurgencies. Beyond face-to-face communication, this book also addresses the role of new and social media in the creation and spread of rumors. Its concern is to foster a more sophisticated understanding of how oral and digital cultures work alongside economic, diplomatic, and cultural factors that influence the struggles between states and non-state actors in the proverbial battle of hearts and minds. By providing fresh dat. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Rumor theory: narrative systems and hegemonic struggles in contested populations -- Rumor transmediation: critical mash-ups and a Singapore prison break -- Rumor mosaics: counterinsurgency operations in Iraq's triangle of death -- Whisper campaigns: state-sponsored rumors and the post-mortem (de)construction of an Indonesian terrorist -- Coercion and consent: narrative countermeasures in the battle for "hearts and minds." |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
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Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Mass media -- Influence.
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Mass media -- Influence. |
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Terrorism and mass media.
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Terrorism and mass media. |
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Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
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Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Islam. |
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Islamic fundamentalism.
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Islamic fundamentalism. |
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Rumor -- Social aspects.
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Rumor. |
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Social aspects. |
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Rumor -- Political aspects.
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Rumor in mass media.
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Rumor in mass media. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Cheong, Pauline Hope, 1977-
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Lundry, Chris.
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Ruston, Scott W.
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| Other Form: |
Print version |
| ISBN |
9780813553221 |
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0813553229 |
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9780813552507 (hardcover) (alkaline paper) |
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9780813552514 (paperback) (alkaline paper) |
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0813552508 |
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0813552516 (paperback) (alkaline paper) |
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