Selling Fear: Counterterrorism, the Media, and Public Opinion (Chicago Studies in American Politics (CHUP)) (Chicago Studies in American Politics)

by Brigitte L. Nacos, Yaeli Bloch-Elkon, and Robert Y. Shapiro

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While we've long known that the strategies of terrorism rely heavily on media coverage of attacks, "Selling Fear" is the first detailed look at the role played by media in counterterrorism - and the ways that, in the wake of 9/11, the Bush administration manipulated coverage to maintain a climate of fear. Drawing on in-depth analysis of counterterrorism in the years after 9/11 - including the issuance of terror alerts and the decision to invade Iraq - the authors present a compelling case that the Bush administration hyped fear, while obscuring civil liberties abuses and concrete issues of preparedness....Read more
  • ISBN10 0226567184
  • ISBN13 9780226567181
  • Publish Date 1 June 2011 (first published 1 January 2011)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint University of Chicago Press