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Ugly war, pretty package : how CNN and Fox News made the invasion of Iraq high concept

Title
Ugly war, pretty package : how CNN and Fox News made the invasion of Iraq high concept / Deborah L. Jaramillo.
Author
Jaramillo, Deborah Lynn, 1976-
Publication
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2009.

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Description
254 p.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Television and the war
  • Television broadcasting of news > United States
  • War in mass media
  • Mass media > Objectivity > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: the spectacle of televised war -- High concept, media conglomeration, and commercial news -- The high-concept war narrative -- Intertextuality, genres, and stars -- War characters -- The look and sound of high-concept war coverage -- The marketing of the 2003 invasion of Iraq -- Conclusion: the narrative exits screen right, the coverage fizzles, and news is what, exactly?
Call Number
MWGT 09-8899
ISBN
  • 9780253353634 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0253353637 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780253221223 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0253221226 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2009008963
OCLC
YBP 2009008963
Author
Jaramillo, Deborah Lynn, 1976-
Title
Ugly war, pretty package : how CNN and Fox News made the invasion of Iraq high concept / Deborah L. Jaramillo.
Imprint
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2009.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
MWGT 09-8899
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