RT Book
T1 Communicating terror: the rhetorical dimensions of terrorism
A1 Tuman, Joseph S.
LA English
PP Thousand Oaks u.a.
PB Sage
YR 2003
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/36856388X
AB The struggle to define terrorism. Defining terrorism. Attempts to synthesize a consensus definition -- Terrorism as a communication process with rhetorical dimensions. Terrorism as communication process. Terrorism as rhetoric -- Labeling and defining terrorism as rhetoric. Definitions and labels. Reconsidering the definition of terrorism -- Symbols, symbolism, and terrorism. Symbols, symbolism, and violence/destruction. Symbolism in the implements and tools of terrorism. Symbolism in the target of terrorism -- Public oratory about terrorism. A method of rhetoric for public oratory. Case studies -- Mass-mediated images and construction of terrorism. Understanding mass media. Terrorism from above and mass media. Terrorism from below and mass media. Terrorism and paid media
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN HV6431
SN 0761927654
SN 0761927662
K1 Terrorism
K1 Terrorism and mass media
K1 Terrorism : Terminology
K1 Massenmedien : Rhetorik : Terrorismus
K1 Massenmedien : Berichterstattung : Terrorismus