Zollmann Media, Propaganda and the Politics of Intervention

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-4331-3940-6
Verlag: Peter Lang
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

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Prominent media scholars have argued that the dissemination of propaganda is an important function of the news media. Yet, despite public controversies about ‘fake news’ and ‘misinformation’, there has been very little discussion on techniques of propaganda. Building on critical theory, most notably Herman and Chomsky’s Propaganda Model, Florian Zollmann’s pioneering study brings propaganda back to the forefront of the debate. On the basis of a forensic examination of 1,911 newspaper articles, Zollmann investigates US, UK and German media reporting of the military operations in Kosovo, Iraq, Libya, Syria and Egypt. The book demonstrates how ‘humanitarian intervention’ and ‘R2P’ are only evoked in the news media if so called ‘enemy’ countries of Western states are the perpetrators of human rights violations. Zollmann’s work evidences that the news media plays a crucial propaganda role in facilitating a selective process of shaming during the build-up towards military interventions. This process has led to an erosion of internationally agreed norms of non-intervention, as enshrined in the UN Charter.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zollmann, Florian

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Propaganda & Kampagnen, Politik & Medien
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikation & Medien in der Politik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Friedenssicherung, Krisenintervention

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements – List of Abbreviations – List of Illustrations – Richard Lance Keeble: Foreword – Introduction: Propaganda, New Militarism and Intervention – Liberal, Hegemonic and Gatekeeper Theories: A Reassessment – The Propaganda Model of Media Performance – Method of Research and Case Selection – The Politics of Intervention – The Politics of Atrocities Management – Conclusion: Media, Propaganda and Intervention – Notes – Bibliography – Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Florian Zollmann is a Lecturer in Journalism at Newcastle University. He holds a PhD in journalism studies from the University of Lincoln. Zollmann previously worked as a lecturer at the German Sport University Cologne, the University of Lincoln and Liverpool Hope University. Since 1993, he has been working as a freelance journalist for the magazine Publik-Forum. Zollmann’s research has been widely published in international academic journals and edited collections. With Richard Lance Keeble and John Tulloch he jointly edited Peace Journalism, War and Conflict Resolution (Peter Lang, 2010).