Gardels / Medavoy American Idol After Iraq

Competing for Hearts and Minds in the Global Media Age
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4443-1050-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 184 Seiten, E-Book

This dazzling little book explores the role of US media in foreignpolicy, not only at the present moment, but with an eye to thefuture.
* Written by a veteran Hollywood film executive and aninternationally known columnist in foreign affairs
* Explains how American movies, TV shows, and pop music providethe images of America to the rest of the world, and the rest of theworld to Americans
* Includes discussions of the cartoons of the Prophet MohammedDanish daily newspapers, Tibetan monks censored out of Chinese TVnews reports only to show up on You Tube, and the Vatican's assaulton the Da Vinci Code movie
* Argues that Hollywood is a key player in the 'deep coalition'required to support a 'smart power' foreign policy and build aglobal cultural infrastructure that will make the world safe forinterdependence

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gardels, Nathan

Medavoy, Mike

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Plates vi
Foreword by Joseph S. Nye Jr. vii
1 Hearts, Minds, and Hollywood 1
2 The Magic is Gone - Except at the Box Office 9
3 Creativity into Cash: How Hollywood Works 26
4 Seeing and Being Seen 34
5 Hollywood Beats the Red Army: The Height of America's Cultural Appeal 51
6 Backlash: Soft Power is Still Power, and Still Makes Enemies 60
7 Culture Wars in the West: The Pope vs. Madonna 71
8 Media Storm Troopers of the West vs. Islam 83
9 New Stories, New Audiences in the Global Age 98
10 Reinventing Cultural Diplomacy 124
Six Key Concepts of This Book 145
About the Authors 149
Acknowledgments 155
Index 159

Über Autor(innen)

Nathan Gardels is the editor of National PerspectivesQuarterly. He has written widely for many publications, bothnationally and internationally, including The Wall Street Journal,The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Washington Post, theGuardian, Corriere della Sera, El Pais, Le Figaro, and the New YorkReview of Books.
Mike Medavoy is the chairman and co-founder of PhoenixPictures. Throughout his career he has been involved in thecreation of countless films, including sixteen nominated for BestPicture Academy Awards, and seven winners.