Download or read book Framing and the Media Abu Ghraib Prison written by Kimberly Wylie and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2009-06 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject Communications - Media and Politics, Politic Communications, University of Phoenix, 19 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: This paper will define the somewhat ambiguous term 'framing', and then discuss how it is utilized, in mass media. Then a recent news topic, the Abu Ghraib Prison situation, will be overviewed. Two news sources will be reviewed, one liberal, the other conservative. Their framing approaches will be compared, and the implications of these approaches will be discussed in detail.
Download or read book Capturing Influence written by Kristen A. Traynor and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the Abu Ghraib scandal in 2004, the treatment of prisoners at U.S. military detention centers as part of the Global War on Terror has been a widely-covered issue, and the framing of such treatment in the media has become a focus for many scholars. However, most researchers have ignored Guantanamo Bay prison in favor of the more publicized Abu Ghraib case. This study examines how the mainstream media and government elites framed prisoner treatment at Guantanamo Bay, and it seeks to explain whether the media relied on the government's frames or acted more autonomously in reporting on the issue. With the use of QDA Miner with WordStat, this project employs a mixed-methods content analysis and process tracing of frames used in statements made by elite government actors and portrayals of prisoner treatment in mainstream news coverage during the two largest hunger strikes. The first began in August 2005 and continued until February 2006, and the second lasted from February to August of 2013. The findings show that the media used primarily critical frames of prisoner treatment, the two most common being indefinite detention and torture across the two hunger strikes, and that the news media were not always dependent on frames from government sources to describe prisoner treatment at the facility. The results show that in both hunger strike periods the news media chose to reflect the views of government elites at times and to challenge them at others. This suggests that a new model of press-government relations is needed, and this research proposes a model that accounts for press calculations in deciding when to reflect government frames and when to challenge that portrayal by employing counterframes and including sources outside of the government.
Download or read book At War with Metaphor written by Erin Steuter and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2009-07-15 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When photographs documenting the torture and humiliation of prisoners at Abu Ghraib came to the attention of a horrified public, national and international voices were raised in shock, asking how this happened. At War with Metaphor offers an answer, arguing that the abuses of Abu Ghraib were part of a systemic continuum of dehumanization. This continuum has its roots in our public discussions of the war on terror and the metaphors through which they are repeatedly framed. Arguing earnestly and incisively that these metaphors, if left unexamined, bind us into a cycle of violence that will only be intensified by a responsive violence of metaphor, Steuter and Wills examine compelling examples of the images of animal, insect, and disease that inform, shape, and limit our understanding of the war on terror. Tying these images to historical and contemporary uses of propaganda through a readable, accessible analysis of media filters, At War with Metaphor vividly explores how news media, including political cartoons and talk radio, are enmeshed in these damaging, dehumanizing metaphors. Analyzing media through the lenses of race and Orientalism, it invites us to hold our media and ourselves accountable for the choices we make in talking war and making enemies.
Download or read book Fallgirls written by Ryan Ashley Caldwell and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2012 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fallgirls provides an analysis of the abuses that took place at Abu Ghraib in terms of social theory, gender and power, based on first-hand participant-observations of the courts - martials of Lynndie England and Sabrina Harman. This book examines the trials themselves, including interactions with soldiers and defense teams, documents pertaining to the courts-martials, US government reports and photographs from Abu Ghraib, in order to challenge the view that the abuses were carried out at the hands of a few rogue soldiers. With a keen focus on gender and sexuality as prominent aspects of the abuses themselves, as well as the ways in which they were portrayed and tried, Fallgirls engages with modern feminist thought and contemporary social theory in order to analyse the manner in which the abuses were framed, whilst also exploring the various lived realities of Abu Ghraib by both prisoners and soldiers alike. Providing a unique perspective and a thorough theoretical examination of the events, their framing and depiction, this book will be of interest to sociologists, feminists, and social and political theorists concerned with cultural studies, political communication and gender and sexuality.
Download or read book Isolated Incidents Or Deliberate Policy written by Ramune Braziunaite and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Language of Empire written by Lila Rajiva and published by . This book was released on 2005-11 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Under the rule of Saddam Hussein, the prison of Abu Ghraib (the Father of the Raven) was a place of ill omen, notorious for horrific suffering and torture and mass executions. After the invasion of Iraq, the U.S. military made Abu Ghraib one of the major detention centers for Iraqis suspected of sympathizing with the resistance. The revelations since April 2004 of systematic torture and sexual humiliation of Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib have not easily been assimilated into the mythology of the U.S. “war on terror.” The Language of Empire focuses on the response to these revelations in the U.S. media, in congress, and in the larger context of U.S. global politics and ideology. Its focus on the media is a prelude to showing how the language of multiculturalism, humanitarianism, and even feminism have been hijacked in the cause of an illegal and brutal imperialist war. The media have colluded with the Bush administration in manipulating images of the U.S. occupation of Iraq in such a way as to present it as a clash between civilization and barbarism, and in selectively using legal and procedural issues to distract from the basic criminality of the invasion itself. The circuitous logic through which U.S. imperialism presents itself as a defender of legality and democracy is exposed for all to see in this important and timely work.
Download or read book Abu Ghraib and the Activation of Complicity written by Melissa Noel Smyth and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper discusses the publication and public consumption of digital photographs made by members of the United States military depicting torture and sexual abuse carried out upon detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad province during the first year of the occupation of Iraq. Departing from the analysis of the content of these images, it positions them within the visual cultural context that determines their meaning for the viewing public. By demonstrating the ways in which the state has used photography as a means by which to control the discourse surrounding its illegal military operations, it posits that a thorough critique of state violence must begin with such images. Understanding the viewing public as living in the "Spectacle," removed from lived reality, it suggests that the repurposing of these images is necessary to establish solidarity with those who experienced the incidents of torture and abuse firsthand. This argument offers that by first activating its own political dependence upon the effects of its military's exploits and thereby acknowledging its complicity, the viewing public may free itself from the constraints of the Spectacle and use these images to deconstruct the official state framing of war. The theoretical discussion precedes its practical application in the form of a creative element that responds to the digital reproduction of the images. This consists of verbal and visual elements that intend to repurpose the Abu Ghraib images as a critique of their place in domestic media. The first part consists of a series of quotations from politicians, scholars, and artists, as well as from former Abu Ghraib detainees, that represent the public conversation surrounding the publication of the photographs. They are arranged in such a way as to present the dilemmas and questions presented by the images, gradually ceding the discussion to the imperative of one detainee to use the photographs to confirm his account of reality. The second part consists of six manually produced charcoal drawings of the photographs from Abu Ghraib, representing an attempt to break the images and their corresponding reality from the spectacular cycle of digital reproduction and reactivate their revolutionary potential.
Download or read book Our Good Name written by J. Phillip London and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-11-30 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Crisis That Rocked a Country and a Company... In April 2004, an illegally leaked U.S. Army report thrust CACI, an information technology company, into the international spotlight by casting suspicion on a CACI employee for being "either directly or indirectly responsible" for the mistreatment of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. At the same time, pictures from the abuses were shown on national television and tarnished anyone associated with Abu Ghraib--including CACI. What ensued was a media frenzy rarely seen by any company in recent decades. The media twisted the unsupported allegations into a guilty verdict without regard for the facts or the truth, creating a damning public perception of CACI. Our Good Name recounts how CACI battled to defend itself against erroneous and malicious reports by a rampaging media, how it responded to the wide-ranging government investigations, and how it overcame misplaced anger and criticism that put the company's dedicated employees and excellent reputation--even it's future--at risk. Our Good Name is CACI's story of facing one of the biggest scandals in recent history...and coming out honorably with its head high.
Download or read book Framing Good Vs Evil written by Christina M. Smith and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Turning Torture Into a Blameless Blunder written by Amy E. Rubenstein and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2004, CBS 60 Minutes II broadcast a collection of horrific pictures, depicting torture at Abu Ghraib, a U.S. military run prison in Iraq. This study explores the media response to the scandal, and contains analysis of a total of 274 articles from the New York Times and the Washington Post. The goal of this study is to better understand how media in the United States act, or fail to act, as a critical balance to government action. Using symbolic convergence theory and fantasy theme analysis, the researcher identified three fantasy themes prevalent in this newspaper coverage: 1) Soldier as a Victim of Circumstance; 2) Saddam "Tortures," Bad Apples "Abuse"; 3) U.S. as Responsible. These themes combine to turn this event into a blameless blunder, and one that, today, most Americans have forgotten.
Download or read book Fundamentals of Media Effects written by Jennings Bryant and published by Waveland Press. This book was released on 2012-05-03 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mass medias potential to influence audience beliefs and behavior is a subject that has long fascinated scholars and the general public. The ongoing interest and concern are reflected in the common tendency to blame the media for many of societys problems. This extensively revised and updated edition cuts through popular notions of presumed effects to provide a balanced, informed, up-to-date treatment of the media effects literature. The clear, compelling presentation, illuminated by dozens of new photographs, equips readers with a fundamental understanding of the history, theoretical underpinnings, and current status of media effects researchknowledge that will help them navigate in a media-saturated environment. Several outstanding elements distinguish the Second Edition of Fundamentals of Media Effects. New chapters explore the impact of computer/video games, the effects of the Internet and social networking sites, and the way mobile communication devices have transformed the way we live. An extensive new chapter on childrens educational television describes the considerable body of research that supports positive effects like language development and flexible-thinking skills. Framing studies are covered in a separate chapter where they are distinguished both theoretically and experimentally from agenda setting and priming. Finally, the authors provide overviews of classic and current research studies in an invaluable feature called Research Spotlight, which enable readers to envision how theories translate into research.
Download or read book When the Press Fails written by W. Lance Bennett and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2008-09-15 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sobering look at the intimate relationship between political power and the news media, When the Press Fails argues the dependence of reporters on official sources disastrously thwarts coverage of dissenting voices from outside the Beltway. The result is both an indictment of official spin and an urgent call to action that questions why the mainstream press failed to challenge the Bush administration’s arguments for an invasion of Iraq or to illuminate administration policies underlying the Abu Ghraib controversy. Drawing on revealing interviews with Washington insiders and analysis of content from major news outlets, the authors illustrate the media’s unilateral surrender to White House spin whenever oppositional voices elsewhere in government fall silent. Contrasting these grave failures with the refreshingly critical reporting on Hurricane Katrina—a rare event that caught officials off guard, enabling journalists to enter a no-spin zone—When the Press Fails concludes by proposing new practices to reduce reporters’ dependence on power. “The hand-in-glove relationship of the U.S. media with the White House is mercilessly exposed in this determined and disheartening study that repeatedly reveals how the press has toed the official line at those moments when its independence was most needed.”—George Pendle, Financial Times “Bennett, Lawrence, and Livingston are indisputably right about the news media’s dereliction in covering the administration’s campaign to take the nation to war against Iraq.”—Don Wycliff, Chicago Tribune “[This] analysis of the weaknesses of Washington journalism deserves close attention.”—Russell Baker, New York Review of Books
Download or read book The Handbook of Mass Media Ethics written by Lee Wilkins and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-09-17 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Handbook encapsulates the intellectual history of mass media ethics over the past twenty-five years. Chapters serve as a summary of existing research and thinking in the field, as well as setting agenda items for future research. Key features include: up-to-date and comprehensive coverage of media ethics, one of the hottest topics in the media community 'one-stop shopping' for historical and current research in media ethics experienced, top-tier editors, advisory board, and contributors. It will be an essential reference on media ethics theory and research for scholars, graduate students, and researchers in media, mass communication, and journalism.
Download or read book Framing the Iraq War Endgame written by E. King and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-09-28 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bush administration was remarkably successful in dominating the debate over why we had to go to war with Iraq, but it would soon be faced with the more daunting task of winning the monumental rhetorical struggle over how to write the script of the Iraq War endgame. We examine the twists and turns of the discursive battle over the war's denouement as it played out against the backdrop of the war on terror, and we conclude that while Bush failed to win the argument that Iraq was one with our fight against terrorism, his underlying worldview that we must confront terrorist evil through global military engagement remains an important component of Obama adminstration rhetoric.
Download or read book Communication Science Theory and Research written by Marina Krcmar and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-05-20 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides a graduate-level introduction to communication science, including theory and scholarship for masters and PhD students as well as practicing scholars. The work defines communication, reviews its history, and provides a broad look at how communication research is conducted. It also includes chapters reviewing the most frequently addressed topics in communication science. This book presents an overview of theory in general and of communication theory in particular, while offering a broad look at topics in communication that promote understanding of the key issues in communication science for students and scholars new to communication research. The book takes a predominantly "communication science" approach but also situates this approach in the broader field of communication, and addresses how communication science is related to and different from such approaches as critical and cultural studies and rhetoric. As an overview of communication science that will serve as a reference work for scholars as well as a text for the introduction to communication graduate studies course, this volume is an essential resource for understanding and conducting scholarship in the communication discipline.
Download or read book Iran and the American Media written by Mehdi Semati and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-09-29 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates the American media coverage of the historic nuclear accord between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the world powers, commonly known as the Iran Deal. The analysis examines the sources of news and opinion expressed about the Iran Deal in The New York Times, The Washington Post and the national newscast of broadcast networks. The empirical component uses media sociology and indexing theory to determine the extent to which the media covered the topic within a framework of institutional debates among congressional leaders, the executive branch and other governmental sources. The coverage is placed within a larger historical and interpretative framework that examines the construction of Iran in both the pre-revolution news narratives and in the post-revolution American media and popular culture. The book endeavors to reveal the place Iran occupies in the American political and cultural imagination.
Download or read book The International Encyclopedia of Media Effects 4 Volume Set written by Patrick Rössler and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-03-06 with total page 2184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The International Encyclopedia of Media Effects presents a comprehensive collection of the most up-to-date research on the uses and impacts of media throughout the world. Provides the definitive resource on the most recent findings of media effects research Covers all aspects of the uses and impact of media, utilizing empirical, psychological, and critical research approaches to the field Features over 200 entries contributed by leading international scholars in their associated fields Offers invaluable insights to for students, scholars and professionals studying and working in related fields, and will stimulate new scholarship in emerging fields such as the Internet, Social Media and Mobile Communication Part of The Wiley Blackwell-ICA International Encyclopedias of Communication series, published in conjunction with the International Communication Association. Online version available at Wiley Online Library.
