The '24' Effect: How entertainment media affects the public perception of torture

This thesis highlights how entertainment media perpetuates the public perception that the use of torture is an effective method to gain valuable and actionable intelligence from enemy combatants. This poses a significant problem to society because torture does not work, and if society continues to b...

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1. VerfasserIn: Tran, Thien-Kim T (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2019
In:Jahr: 2019
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