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Communicating terror : the rhetorical dimensions of terrorism
- Title
- Communicating terror : the rhetorical dimensions of terrorism / Joseph S. Tuman.
- Author
- Tuman, Joseph S.
- Publication
- Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; London : Sage Pub., c2003.
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Details
- Description
- xvii, 157 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The struggle to define terrorism -- Defining terrorism -- Attempts to synthesize a consensus definition -- Terrorism as a communication process with rhetorical dimensions -- Terrorism as communication process -- Terrorism as rhetoric -- Labeling and defining terrorism as rhetoric -- Definitions and labels -- Reconsidering the definition of terrorism -- Symbols, symbolism, and terrorism -- Symbols, symbolism, and violence/destruction -- Symbolism in the implements and tools of terrorism -- Symbolism in the target of terrorism -- Public oratory about terrorism -- A method of rhetoric for public oratory -- Case studies -- Mass-mediated images and construction of terrorism -- Understanding mass media -- Terrorism from above and mass media -- Terrorism from below and mass media -- Terrorism and paid media.
- Call Number
- JFE 03-11120
- ISBN
- 0761927654 (cloth)
- 0761927662 (paper)
- LCCN
- 2003004914
- OCLC
- vendor
- Author
- Tuman, Joseph S.
- Title
- Communicating terror : the rhetorical dimensions of terrorism / Joseph S. Tuman.
- Imprint
- Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; London : Sage Pub., c2003.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 03-11120