Ugly War, Pretty Package (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN, 2009
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Paperback. Deborah L. Jaramillo investigates cable news' presentation of the Iraq War in relation to "high concept" filmmaking. High concept films can be reduced to single-sentence summaries and feature pre-sold elements; they were considered financially safe projects that would sustain consumer interest beyond their initial theatrical run. Using high concept as a framework for the analysis of the 2003 coverage of the Iraq War-paying close attention to how Fox News and CNN packaged and promoted the U.S. invasion of Iraq-Ugly War, Pretty Package offers a new paradigm for understanding how television news reporting shapes our perceptions of events. Using high concept as a framework for the analysis of the 2003 coverage of the Iraq War - paying close attention to how Fox News and CNN packaged and promoted the US invasion of Iraq - this book offers a fresh paradigm for understanding how television news reporting shapes our perceptions of events. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- Ugly War, Pretty Package (Paperback)
- Author
- Deborah L. Jaramillo
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN
- Publication year
- 2009
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0253221226
- ISBN 13
- 9780253221223
Deborah L. Jaramillo investigates cable news' presentation of the Iraq War in relation to "high concept" filmmaking. High concept films can be reduced to single-sentence summaries and feature pre-sold elements; they were considered financially safe projects that would sustain consumer interest beyond their initial theatrical run. Using high concept as a framework for the analysis of the 2003 coverage of the Iraq War―paying close attention to how Fox News and CNN packaged and promoted the U.S. invasion of Iraq―Ugly War, Pretty Package offers a new paradigm for understanding how television news reporting shapes our perceptions of events.
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About the Author
Deborah Jaramillo is Assistant Professor in the Department of Film and Television at Boston University. She is a two-time Ford Fellow and sits on the board of the Texas Archive of the Moving Image.
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