Ugly War, Pretty Package : How CNN and Fox News Made the Invasion of Iraq High Concept.
Title:
Ugly War, Pretty Package : How CNN and Fox News Made the Invasion of Iraq High Concept.
Author:
Jaramillo, Deborah L.
ISBN:
9780253003409
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (273 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Table of Contents -- Introduction:The Spectacle of Televised War -- 1 High Concept, MediaConglomeration, and Commercial News -- 2 The High-Concept War Narrative -- 3 Intertextuality, Genres, and Stars -- 4 War Characters -- 5 The Look and Soundof High-Concept War Coverage -- 6 The Marketing of the 2003 Invasion of Iraq -- Conclusion: The Narrative Exits Screen Right,the Coverage Fizzles, and News Is What, Exactly? -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C -- Works Cited -- Index.
Abstract:
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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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