Analysts today routinely look toward the media and popular culture as a way of understanding global security. Although only a decade ago, such a focus would have seemed out of place, the proliferation of digital technologies in the twenty-first century has transformed our knowledge of near and distant events so that it has become impossible to separate the politics of war, suffering, terrorism, and security from the practices and processes of the media.

This book brings together ten path-breaking essays that explore the ways our notions of fear, insecurity, and danger are fostered by intermediary sources such as television, radio, film, satellite imaging, and the Internet. The contributors, from a wide range of disciplines, show how both fictional and fact-based threats to global security have helped to create and sustain a culture that is deeply distrustful. Topics range from the Patriot Act, to the censorship of media personalities, to the role that television programming plays as an interpretative frame for current events.

Designed to promote strategic thinking about the relationships between media, popular culture, and global security, this book is essential reading for scholars of international relations, technology, and media studies.

About the Author
Andrew Martin is an associate professor and chair of the English department at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Patrice Petro is a professor and director of the Center for International Education at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

Reviews
The relationship between security policy and popular and public culture has changed dramatically over the last ten years, a change that calls out for probing critical attention. This timely collection pointedly responds to the need for genuine interdisciplinary engagement with such current issues. Its essays are excitingly original and sophisticated, providing analyses long overdue. -- J. David Slocum * editor of Terrorism, Media, Liberation *



Book Information
ISBN 9780813538303
Author Andrew Martin
Format Paperback
Page Count 258
Imprint Rutgers University Press
Publisher Rutgers University Press
Weight(grams) 454g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 20mm