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Steuter, Erin, 1963-

At war with metaphor media, propaganda, and racism in the war on terror / [electronic resource] : Erin Steuter and Deborah Wills. - Lanham : Lexington Books, c2008. - xix, 245 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-236) and index.

Weaponizing words : metaphor and war -- Making enemies : propaganda and the making of the orientalist "other" -- Rallying racism : dehumanization and genocide -- Rats in the trap : animal metaphors in the news -- Infestation and eradication : exterminationist rhetoric in political cartoons -- Hatespeak : discourses of dehumanization in talk radio -- Media march to war : understanding news filters -- Boiling the blood and narrowing the mind : fomenting backlash -- Talking our way to peace : new metaphors for change.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Mass media--Social aspects.
Mass media and public opinion.
Terrorism in mass media.
Fear.
Propaganda.
Social control.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HM1206 / .S74143 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 070.4/49909831