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2362325Selling Fearhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/selling-fear-9780226567204/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3599715/d8d2c509-eb42-4b98-8826-fea11c1b5617.jpg?v=638385607590700000474658MXNUniversity of Chicago PressInStock/Ebooks/<p>While weve long known that the strategies of terrorism rely heavily on media coverage of attacks, <em>Selling Fear</em> is the first detailed look at the role played by media in <em>counter</em>terrorismand the ways that, in the wake of 9/11, the Bush administration manipulated coverage to maintain a climate of fear.</p><p>Drawing on in-depth analysis of counterterrorism in the years after 9/11including the issuance of terror alerts and the decision to invade Iraqthe authors present a compelling case that the Bush administration hyped fear, while obscuring civil liberties abuses and concrete issues of preparedness. The media, meanwhile, largely abdicated its watchdog role, choosing to amplify the administrations message while downplaying issues that might have called the administrations statements and strategies into question. The book extends through Hurricane Katrina, and the more skeptical coverage that followed, then the first year of the Obama administration, when an increasingly partisan political environment presented the media, and the public, with new problems of reporting and interpretation.</p><p><em>Selling Fear</em> is a hard-hitting analysis of the intertwined failures of government and mediaand their costs to our nation.</p>...2299889Selling Fear474658https://www.gandhi.com.mx/selling-fear-9780226567204/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3599715/d8d2c509-eb42-4b98-8826-fea11c1b5617.jpg?v=638385607590700000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20119780226567204_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9780226567204_<p>While weve long known that the strategies of terrorism rely heavily on media coverage of attacks, <em>Selling Fear</em> is the first detailed look at the role played by media in <em>counter</em>terrorismand the ways that, in the wake of 9/11, the Bush administration manipulated coverage to maintain a climate of fear.</p><p>Drawing on in-depth analysis of counterterrorism in the years after 9/11including the issuance of terror alerts and the decision to invade Iraqthe authors present a compelling case that the Bush administration hyped fear, while obscuring civil liberties abuses and concrete issues of preparedness. The media, meanwhile, largely abdicated its watchdog role, choosing to amplify the administrations message while downplaying issues that might have called the administrations statements and strategies into question. The book extends through Hurricane Katrina, and the more skeptical coverage that followed, then the first year of the Obama administration, when an increasingly partisan political environment presented the media, and the public, with new problems of reporting and interpretation.</p><p><em>Selling Fear</em> is a hard-hitting analysis of the intertwined failures of government and mediaand their costs to our nation.</p>(*_*)9780226567204_<p>While weve long known that the strategies of terrorism rely heavily on media coverage of attacks, <em>Selling Fear</em> is the first detailed look at the role played by media in <em>counter</em>terrorismand the ways that, in the wake of 9/11, the Bush administration manipulated coverage to maintain a climate of fear.</p><p>Drawing on in-depth analysis of counterterrorism in the years after 9/11including the issuance of terror alerts and the decision to invade Iraqthe authors present a compelling case that the Bush administration hyped fear, while obscuring civil liberties abuses and concrete issues of preparedness. The media, meanwhile, largely abdicated its watchdog role, choosing to amplify the administrations message while downplaying issues that might have called the administrations statements and strategies into question. The book extends through Hurricane Katrina, and the more skeptical coverage that followed, then the first year of the Obama administration, when an increasingly partisan political environment presented the media, and the public, with new problems of reporting and interpretation.</p><p><em>Selling Fear</em> is a hard-hitting analysis of the intertwined failures of government and mediaand their costs to our nation.</p>...9780226567204_University of Chicago Presslibro_electonico_05bf8adf-8f74-47e9-bdaf-0a18ce634ca3_9780226567204;9780226567204_9780226567204Robert Y.InglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/uofchicagopress-epub-d5e629b6-7832-4ac7-9320-cc4fff383ffb.epub2011-06-01T00:00:00+00:00University of Chicago Press