Author(s): Lee Artz (Editor), Yahya R. Kamalipour (Editor), Douglas Kellner (Foreword, Contributor), Heinz Brandenburg (Contributor), Lisa Brooten (Contributor), Elisia L. Cohen (Contributor), Timothy M. Cole (Contributor), Prof. Christian Fuchs (Contributor), Mike Gasher (Contributor), William B. Hart (Contributor), Fran Hassencahl (Contributor), Adel Iskandar (Contributor), Liz Jacka (Contributor), Andrew Jakubowicz (Contributor), Sue Curry Jansen (Contributor), Robert Jensen (Contributor), Matthew A. Killmeier (Contributor), Debra Merskin (Contributor), Tanja Thomas (Contributor), Fabian Virchow (Contributor)
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publication Date: 28 Dec. 2004
Language: English
Print length: 296 pages
ISBN-10: 0742536882
ISBN-13: 9780742536883
Book Description
How were the American people prepared for the war on Iraq? How have political agents and media gatekeepers sought to develop public support for the first preventive war of the modern age? Bring ‘Em On highlights the complex links between media and politics, analyzing how communication practices are modified in times of crisis to protect political interests or implement political goals. International contributors in mass communication, political science, and sociology address how U.S. institutional media practices, government policy, and culture can influence public mobilization for war.
Editorial Reviews
Review
…Provides carefully documented analysis, in chapters that stand both as self-contained studies and as building blocks in a multifaceted explanation as to how the media and public culture prepared the American public for the untested policy of so-called preventive war. ― Global Dialogue
This book shows how the U.S. corporate media enabled the Bush administration’s policy and raises serious questions concerning the role of the media in a democracy―and the need for the media to play more critical and democratic roles in debating issues of war and peace and national security. — Douglas Kellner, UCLA; author of Media Culture and Media Spectacle and the Crisis of Democracy ―
From The Foreword
About the Author
Lee Artz, a former machinist and steelworker, is Professor of Media Studies at Purdue University Northwest. He has published ten books (including Global Entertainment Media, Marxism and Communication Studies, and The Media Globe) and scores of chapters and journal articles on international media, cultural hegemony, and democratic communication. He is a founder and research fellow at Purdue Northwest’s Center for Global Studies.
Yahya R. Kamalipour is Professor and Chair of the Journalism and Mass Communication Department at North Carolina A&T State University, USA. He has published twenty-two books, including Global Media Perceptions of the United States (2021) and Global Communication, 4th edition (2024). He is the founder and managing editor of Global Media Journals (with 12 global editions) and founding president of the Global Communication Association. For additional information, visit www.kamalipour.com.
Tanja Thomas, Professor in Media Studies, University of Tuebingen, Germany
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