The Media and the Persian Gulf War / edited by Robert E. Denton, Jr.

Collection type	Library
Author	Denton, Robert E., Jr.;
Call Number	303.66 M489
Document type	Monograph
Year	c1993.
Citation	92036554
Pagination	xiii, 302 p. ; 24 cm.
Publisher	Praeger,
Note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Place made	Westport, Conn.

Abstract

Series Foreword / Robert E. Denton, Jr. -- Preface / Robert E. Denton, Jr. -- 1. The Rules of the Game: The Military and the Press in the Persian Gulf War / Gary C. Woodward -- 2. Television as an Instrument of War / Robert E. Denton, Jr. -- 3. The Natul, and Inevitable, Phases of War Reporting: Historical Shadows, New Communication in the Persian Gulf / Donald L. Shaw and Shannon E. Martin -- 4. Media Perspectives on World Opinion During the Kuwaiti Crisis / Frank Louis Rusciano -- 5. Vox Populi: TalRadio and TV Cover the Gulf War / Dan Nimmo and Mark Hovind -- 6. Constructing News Narratives: ABC and CNN Cover the Gulf War / Bethami A. Dobkin -- 7. C-SPAN's Coverage of the Gulf War: Television as Town Square / Janette Kenner Muir -- 8. News ViewinAuthoritarianism, and Attitudes Toward the Gulf War / Mary Beth Oliver, Marie-Louise Mares and Joanne Cantor.9. War in the Global Village: A Seven-Country Comparison of Television News Coverage of the Beginning of the Gulf War / David L. Swanson and Larry David Smith -- 10. Media Coverage of Women in the Gulf War / Anne Johnston -- 11. "What Did You Advertiseth the War, Daddy?": Using the Persian Gulf War as a Referent System in Advertising / Matthew P. McAllister -- 12. Celluloid Heroes and Smart Bombs: Hollywood at War in the Middle East / Stephen Prince -- 13. From the Great War to the Gulf War: Populartertainment and the Legitimation of Warfare / James Combs.