Media and terrorism global perspectives

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : dynamics of media and terrorism / Des Freedman and Daya Kishan Thussu -- Part 1: Contexts. Terror, war and disjunctures in the global order / Lena Jayyusi -- Media, war and information technology / Christian Fuchs -- Public diplomacy versus terrorism / Philip Seib -- Propaganda and terrorism / David Miller and Rizwaan Sabir -- Part 2: Global representations of terrorism. Terrorism and global popular culture / Toby Miller -- Hollywood, the CIA and the 'War on Terror' / Oliver Boyd-Barrett, David Herrera and Jim Baumann -- Terror, culture and anti-Muslim racism / Gholam Khiabany and Milly Williamson -- Pictures and public relations in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict / Greg Philo -- Part 3: Terrorism on the home front. South Asia and the frontline of the 'War on Terror' / Daya Kishan Thussu -- Covering terrorism in Russian media / Elena Vartanova and Olga Smirnova -- WikiLeaks and war laws / Stig A. Nohrstedt and Rune Ottosen -- Television and immigration in France / Tristan Mattelart -- The 'War on Terror' in Arab media / Helga Tawil-Souri -- Part 4: Journalists and the 'War on Terror'. Terrorism and news narratives / Justin Lewis -- Asylum seekers as political spectacle / Jake Lynch, Annabel McGoldrick and Alex Russell -- Media myth and ground reality in reporting from Iraq / Dahr Jamail -- Challenging the media war / Danny Schechter.