1st Edition
Media Spectacle and the Crisis of Democracy Terrorism, War, and Election Battles
By Douglas Kellner
Copyright 2005
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
Also available as eBook on:
Douglas Kellner's Media Spectacle and the Crisis of Democracy: 9/11, the War on Iraq, and Election 2004 investigates the role of the media in the momentous political events of the past four years. Beginning with the role of the media in contested election of 2000, Kellner examines how corporate media ownership and concentration, linked with a rightward shift of establishment media, have... Read more
Introduction: Media Spectacle and Politics in the Contemporary Era Chapter 1: Grand Theft 2000: Media Spectacle and a Stolen Election Chapter 2: 9/11, Spectacles of Terror, and Perpetual War Chapter 3: The Axis of Evil, Preemptive Strikes, and the Road to Iraq Chapter 4: Pandora's Box: Bush's War on Iraq Chapter 5: Media Spectacle and Election 2004 Chapter 6: Decision 2004: The War for the White House Conclusion: The Media, Elections, and the Crisis of Democracy
Biography
Douglas Kellner
"One of the great books on media and politics in recent years. Kellner provides crystal clear analysis of what he accurately characterizes as a stunning crisis, for both our media system and our electoral system., and democracy more broadly. This book deserves to be read by all who care about core freedoms. Kellner, one of the outstanding media scholars of our times, has produced his finest work."
--Robert W. McChesney, author of The Problem of the Media
