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This book analyzes the methods, effects, and mechanisms by which international relations reach the US citizen. Deftly dissecting the interrelationships of national identity formation, corporate ‘news and opinion’ dissemination, and the quasi-academic apparatus of war justification - focusing on the Bush administration's exploitation of the fear and insecurity caused by 9/11 and how this has manifested itself in the US media (especially the tabloid populist media). Debrix explains how all serve to defend and produce state power and develops a model of tabloidized international relations, where responses are both organized by, and supportive of, a strong centralized US government. The field of International Relations sorely needs such analytics, in so far as it explains how people in their everyday lives relate to transnational issues. Tabloid Terror critically covers a wide variety of US popular culture from the Internet to Fox News; analyzes diverse authors as Julia Kristeva, J.G. Ballard and Robert Kaplan and takes into account renowned international relations interlocutors as Don Imus, Bill O’Reilly, and Tommy Franks.
This book investigates how international relations are mediated to the American public through a tabloidized framework that reinforces state power and justifies military action. Francois Debrix, a scholar in international relations and political theory, utilizes a critical lens to examine the intersection of national identity, corporate media, and government rhetoric. He argues that the post-9/11 political climate facilitated a specific mode of communication that exploits public fear to consolidate centralized authority. By synthesizing cultural analysis with political theory, the author provides a model for understanding how everyday media consumption shapes geopolitical perception.
What You Will Find
Experts in the field of international relations recognize this work as a significant contribution to the study of how popular culture and media influence political discourse. Readers frequently note the dense, academic nature of the prose, which effectively bridges the gap between political theory and contemporary media analysis.
Page Count:
208
Publication Date:
2007-01-01
Publisher:
Routledge
ISBN-10:
0203944666
ISBN-13:
9780203944660
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