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Packaging Terrorism: Co-opting the News for Politics and Profit

ISBN: 978-1-444-30605-7

February 2009

Wiley-Blackwell

248 pages

Description
Packaging Terrorism investigates how American media have identified and covered international terrorism and violence since September 11, 2001.
  • Compares US coverage with that of British and Arab media
  • Discusses the priorities, assumptions, political debates, deadline pressures and bottom-line considerations that will continue to influence coverage in the future
  • Suggests how terrorism could be better covered by the media going forwards
About the Author
Susan Moeller is the Director of the International Center for Media and the Public Agenda (ICMPA) at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Features
  • Investigates how American media have identified and covered international terrorism and violence since September 11, 2001
  • Compares US coverage with that of British and Arab media
  • Discusses the priorities, assumptions, political debates, deadline pressures and bottom-line considerations that will continue to influence coverage in the future
  • Suggests how terrorism could be better covered by the media going forwards