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Ugly War, Pretty Package Deborah L. Jaramillo

Ugly War, Pretty Package von Deborah L. Jaramillo

Ugly War, Pretty Package Deborah L. Jaramillo


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Zusammenfassung

Using high concept as a framework for the analysis of the 2003 coverage of the Iraq War - paying close attention to how Fox News and CNN packaged and promoted the US invasion of Iraq - this book offers a fresh paradigm for understanding how television news reporting shapes our perceptions of events.

Ugly War, Pretty Package Zusammenfassung

Ugly War, Pretty Package: How CNN and Fox News Made the Invasion of Iraq High Concept Deborah L. Jaramillo

Deborah L. Jaramillo investigates cable news' presentation of the Iraq War in relation to "high concept" filmmaking. High concept films can be reduced to single-sentence summaries and feature pre-sold elements; they were considered financially safe projects that would sustain consumer interest beyond their initial theatrical run. Using high concept as a framework for the analysis of the 2003 coverage of the Iraq Warpaying close attention to how Fox News and CNN packaged and promoted the U.S. invasion of IraqUgly War, Pretty Package offers a new paradigm for understanding how television news reporting shapes our perceptions of events.

Ugly War, Pretty Package Bewertungen

The author's thorough documentation and careful analysis will be most appreciated by students of journalism or communications, as an understanding of communications theory is helpful, but readers seriously following current events may be interested as well.

* Library Journal *

. . . a thoughtful commentary and critique of the state of the cable news component of early-21st-century journalism. . . . Highly recommended.May 2010

* Choice *

Über Deborah L. Jaramillo

Deborah Jaramillo is Assistant Professor in the Department of Film and Television at Boston University. She is a two-time Ford Fellow and sits on the board of the Texas Archive of the Moving Image.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The Spectacle of Televised War
1. High Concept, Media Conglomeration, and Commercial News
2. The High-Concept War Narrative
3. Intertextuality, Genres, and Stars
4. War Characters
5. The Look and Sound of High-Concept War Coverage
6. The Marketing of the 2003 Invasion of Iraq
Conclusion: The Narrative Exits Screen Right, the Coverage Fizzles, and News is What, Exactly?
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Works Cited
Index

Zusätzliche Informationen

GOR010279533
9780253221223
0253221226
Ugly War, Pretty Package: How CNN and Fox News Made the Invasion of Iraq High Concept Deborah L. Jaramillo
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Indiana University Press
2009-09-25
272
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