A timely analysis of mass media representations of the 'War on Terror' that dismantles the myths and rhetoric used to consolidate western power. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3 Illustrations. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFC; JFD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 215 x 14. Weight in Grams: 294. . 2010. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Brute Reality: Power, Discourse and the Mediation of War
Publisher: Pluto Press
Publication Date: 2010
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0745320791
ISBN 13: 9780745320793
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New

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Brute Reality is a fascinating analysis of the attempts by Western countries to justify their increasingly violent foreign-policy agendas and assert the contradictory interests of a transnational elite.

Stuart Price provides a critical insight into a number of influential structures that have helped shape contemporary attitudes to warfare. The book contains a wealth of transcripts and media sources, including Channel Four’s coverage of 9/11 and the rhetorical pronouncements of leading politicians. Beginning with the state of ‘war’ created after the September 11th attacks, Price follows the strategic adjustments begun during the Iraq adventure, and includes reference to the modifications in policy carried out during the Obama Presidency.

Students of media, film and journalism will find this book an invaluable resource for the study of power, rhetoric, and mediation.

About the Author

Stuart Price is Principal Lecturer in Media, Film and Journalism, at De Montfort University, UK. He is the author of Discourse Power Address (2007) and a number of books on media and communication, including Communication Studies (1996). His current research project is based on an analysis of authority and the strategic ' of disorder.

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