A01=Gary Messinger
Author_Gary Messinger
books and information control
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communication strategies for peace
controlling emotions through media
cross-cultural media influence
digital communication and warfare
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evolution of media influence
framing and narrative control
global reach of war imagery
globalized information networks
historical evolution of wartime media
history of propaganda in war
influence of newspapers and magazines
informational power in international politics
mass communication in conflict
mass media and decision-making
mass media and social control
mass media literacy in political context
media and public mobilization
media and strategic planning in conflict
media and warfare
media history and conflict
media influence on civilian populations
media psychology in conflict
media shaping public perception
media-driven military operations
messaging in contemporary conflicts
military-media interaction
motion pictures in war
non-physical dimensions of war
persuasion in armed conflict
political communication in crises
propaganda and international relations
propaganda techniques and effects
psychological warfare strategies
public opinion in wartime
radio and television in military campaigns
role of images in modern warfare
satellite communication and global messaging
shaping perceptions of war and peace
strategic communication by states
technological breakthroughs in communication
telecommunication technologies in conflict
terrorist use of mass media
transnational media impact
visual representations of violence
Product details
- ISBN 9781558498532
- Weight: 452g
- Dimensions: 152 x 226mm
- Publication Date: 10 Mar 2011
- Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Most people typically think of armed conflict in physical terms, involving guns and bombs, ships and planes, tanks and missiles. But today, because of mass communication, war and the effort to prevent it are increasingly dependent on non-physical factors - the capacity to persuade combatants and citizens to engage in violence or avoid it, and the packaging of the information on which decision making is based. This book explores the many ways that mass communication has revolutionized international relations, whether the aim was to make war effectively or to prevent it. Gary Messinger shows that over the last 150 years a succession of breakthroughs in the realm of media has reshaped the making of war and peace. Along with mass newspapers, magazines, books, motion pictures, radio, television, computer software, and tele-communication satellites comes an array of strategies for exploiting these media to control popular beliefs and emotions. Images of war now arrive in many forms and reach billions of people simultaneously. Political and military leaders must react to crowd impulses that sweep around the globe.
Nation-states and nongovernmental groups, including terrorists, use mass communication to spread their portrayals of reality. Drawing on a wide range of media products, from books and articles to films and television programs, as well as his own research in the field of propaganda studies, Messinger offers a fresh and comprehensive overview. He skilfully charts the path that has led us to our current situation and suggests where we might go next.
