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Degraded Capability: The Media and the Kosovo Crisis
Philip Hammond (Ed.)
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Description for Degraded Capability: The Media and the Kosovo Crisis
Paperback. 'Required reading for anyone wishing to understand the war and the media's role in it.' The New Internationalist Editor(s): Hammond, Philip; Herman, Edward S. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; 1QFN; 3JJPR; JFD; JPS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
The media served a highly partisan and propagandistic role in Nato’s Kosovo war, uncritically reproducing official spin in a way that was incompatible with their proclaimed democratic role as objective purveyors of information. Degraded Capability integrates a critical interpretation of Western policy toward the former Yugoslavia with analysis of media coverage of the Kosovo crisis and war.
The first part of the book deals with the war itself and the build-up to it, placing this in the context of earlier Western intervention in Yugoslavia. Part two discusses key issues raised by the media coverage, including the ... Read more
The media served a highly partisan and propagandistic role in Nato’s Kosovo war, uncritically reproducing official spin in a way that was incompatible with their proclaimed democratic role as objective purveyors of information. Degraded Capability integrates a critical interpretation of Western policy toward the former Yugoslavia with analysis of media coverage of the Kosovo crisis and war.
The first part of the book deals with the war itself and the build-up to it, placing this in the context of earlier Western intervention in Yugoslavia. Part two discusses key issues raised by the media coverage, including the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Pluto Press
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745316314
SKU
V9780745316314
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About Philip Hammond (Ed.)
Philip Hammond is senior lecturer in Media Studies at South Bank University. He has written on media coverage and the Kosovo war for the Independent and The Times. Edward S. Herman (1925-2017) was Professor Emeritus of Finance at the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania. A media analyst with a speciality in corporate and regulatory ... Read more
Reviews for Degraded Capability: The Media and the Kosovo Crisis
'This extraordinary volume provides a comprehensive analysis of the role of the media is advancing NATO's Kosovo war'
Robert W. McChesney, Associate Professor, Institute of Communications Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Robert W. McChesney, Associate Professor, Institute of Communications Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign