Author: Brigitte L. Nacos

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2011-06

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 0226567192

The news as commodity, public good, and political manipulator -- Selling fear : the not so hidden persuaders -- Civil liberties versus national security -- Selling the Iraq war -- Preventing attacks against the homeland -- Preparing for the next attack -- Mass-mediated politics of counterterrorism -- Postscript. President Obama : underselling fear?