{"product_id":"selling-fear-brigitte-l-nacos-9780226567198","title":"Selling Fear: Counterterrorism, the Media, and Public Opinion","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhile we've long known that the strategies of terrorism rely heavily on media coverage of attacks, \u003ci\u003eSelling Fear\u003c\/i\u003e is the first detailed look at the role played by media in \u003ci\u003ecounter\u003c\/i\u003eterrorism--and the ways that, in the wake of 9\/11, the Bush administration manipulated coverage to maintain a climate of fear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDrawing on in-depth analysis of counterterrorism in the years after 9\/11--including the issuance of terror alerts and the decision to invade Iraq--the authors present a compelling case that the Bush administration hyped fear, while obscuring civil liberties abuses and concrete issues of preparedness. The media, meanwhile, largely abdicated its watchdog role, choosing to amplify the administration's message while downplaying issues that might have called the administration's statements and strategies into question. The book extends through Hurricane Katrina, and the more skeptical coverage that followed, then the first year of the Obama administration, when an increasingly partisan political environment presented the media, and the public, with new problems of reporting and interpretation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSelling Fear \u003c\/i\u003eis a hard-hitting analysis of the intertwined failures of government and media--and their costs to our nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brigitte L. Nacos, Yaeli Bloch-Elkon, Robert y. Shapiro\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226567192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226567198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2012","brand":"Brigitte L. Nacos","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056656281855,"sku":"9780226567198","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_44c3ea46-52d5-4340-a893-5c9caf18ca3d.jpg?v=1685042533","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/selling-fear-brigitte-l-nacos-9780226567198","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}