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Author Altheide, David L.

Title Terrorism and the politics of fear / David L. Altheide.

Publication Info. Lanham, MD : AltaMira Press, [2006]
©2006

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 Moore Stacks  HN90.M3 A47 2006    Available  ---
Description xii, 247 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-240) and index.
Contents Introduction -- The social reality of fear -- The mass media as a social institution -- Crime and terrorism -- Consuming terrorism -- Terrorism and the politics of fear -- The control narrative of the Internet -- The propaganda project and the Iraq War -- Constructing Pat Tillman -- Conclusion: Beyond the politics of fear.
Subject Mass media -- Social aspects -- United States.
Mass media -- Social aspects.
United States.
Mass media and public opinion -- United States.
Mass media and public opinion.
Terrorism in mass media.
Terrorism in mass media.
Fear -- United States.
Fear.
Propaganda -- United States.
Propaganda.
Social control -- United States.
Social control.
ISBN 0759109192 paperback alkaline paper
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