Ugly war, pretty package [electronic resource] : how CNN and Fox News made the invasion of Iraq high concept / Deborah L. Jaramillo.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2009.Description: 254 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • DS79.76 .J373 2009eb
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Contents:
Introduction: the spectacle of televised war -- High concept, media conglomeration, and commercial news -- The high-concept war narrative -- Intertextuality, genres, and stars -- War characters -- The look and sound of high-concept war coverage -- The marketing of the 2003 invasion of Iraq -- Conclusion: the narrative exits screen right, the coverage fizzles, and news is what, exactly?
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-237) and index.

Introduction: the spectacle of televised war -- High concept, media conglomeration, and commercial news -- The high-concept war narrative -- Intertextuality, genres, and stars -- War characters -- The look and sound of high-concept war coverage -- The marketing of the 2003 invasion of Iraq -- Conclusion: the narrative exits screen right, the coverage fizzles, and news is what, exactly?

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