Communicating terror : the rhetorical dimensions of terrorism / Joseph S. Tuman.
Material type: TextPublisher: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, [2003]Copyright date: ©2003Description: xvii, 157 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0761927654
- 9780761927655
- 0761927662
- 9780761927662
- 303.625 21
- HV6431 .T845 2003
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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