Communicating terror : the rhetorical dimensions of terrorism / Joseph S. Tuman
| Author(s): | Tuman, Joseph S |
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| Subjects: | Terrorism Terrorism and mass media |
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| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Published: | Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, c2003 |
| LC Classification: | H, HV |
| Table of Contents: | Preface Introduction 1. The Struggle to Define Terrorism 1 2. Terrorism as a Communication Process With Rhetorical Dimensions 17 3. Labeling and Defining Terrorism as Rhetoric 31 4. Symbols, Symbolism, and Terrorism 47 5. Public Oratory About Terrorism 69 6. Mass-Mediated Images and Construction of Terrorism 115 Index 149 About the Author 157 |
| Notes: | LCCN: 2003004914 ISBN: 0761927654 (hbk.) ISBN: 0761927662 (pbk.) Includes bibliographical references and index Contents: The struggle to define terrorism. Defining terrorism. Attempts to synthesize a consensus definition -- Terrorism as a communication process with rhetorical dimensions. Terrorism as communication process. Terrorism as rhetoric -- Labeling and defining terrorism as rhetoric. Definitions and labels. Reconsidering the definition of terrorism -- Symbols, symbolism, and terrorism. Symbols, symbolism, and violence/destruction. Symbolism in the implements and tools of terrorism. Symbolism in the target of terrorism -- Public oratory about terrorism. A method of rhetoric for public oratory. Case studies -- Mass-mediated images and construction of terrorism. Understanding mass media. Terrorism from above and mass media. Terrorism from below and mass media. Terrorism and paid media |
| Physical Description: | xvii, 157 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 51818769 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 0761927654 0761927662 |