{"product_id":"selling-fear-counterterrorism-the-media-and-public-opinion-paperback","title":"Selling Fear: Counterterrorism, the Media, and Public Opinion - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrigitte L. Nacos\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile we've long known that the strategies of terrorism rely heavily on media coverage of attacks, \u003ci\u003eSelling Fear\u003c\/i\u003e is the first detailed look at the role played by media in \u003ci\u003ecounter\u003c\/i\u003eterrorism-and the ways that, in the wake of 9\/11, the Bush administration manipulated coverage to maintain a climate of fear.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Drawing on in-depth analysis of counterterrorism in the years after 9\/11-including the issuance of terror alerts and the decision to invade Iraq-the authors present a compelling case that the Bush administration hyped fear, while obscuring civil liberties abuses and concrete issues of preparedness. The media, meanwhile, largely abdicated its watchdog role, choosing to amplify the administration's message while downplaying issues that might have called the administration's statements and strategies into question. The book extends through Hurricane Katrina, and the more skeptical coverage that followed, then the first year of the Obama administration, when an increasingly partisan political environment presented the media, and the public, with new problems of reporting and interpretation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSelling Fear\u003c\/i\u003e is a hard-hitting analysis of the intertwined failures of government and media-and their costs to our nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrigitte L. Nacos\u003c\/b\u003e is a journalist and adjunct professor of political science at Columbia University. \u003cb\u003eYaeli Bloch-Elkon \u003c\/b\u003eis\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eassistant professor of political science and communications at Bar Ilan University, Israel. \u003cb\u003eRobert Y. Shapiro\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of political science at Columbia University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53256908538189,"sku":"9780226567198","price":73.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/hhJU39v_Wa9780226567198.webp?v=1769597545","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/selling-fear-counterterrorism-the-media-and-public-opinion-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}