Ugly war, pretty package

By Deborah Lynn Jaramillo

Subjects: Mass media, objectivity, Mass media, united states, Iraq war, 2003-2011, Television broadcasting of news, Iraq War, 2003-2011, Mass media, War in mass media, Objectivity, Television and the war

Description: Deborah L. Jaramillo investigates cable news' presentation of the Iraq War in relation to "high concept" filmmaking. High concept films can be reduced to single-sentence summaries and feature pre-sold elements; they were considered financially safe projects that would sustain consumer interest beyond their initial theatrical run. Using high concept as a framework for the analysis of the 2003 coverage of the Iraq War -- paying close attention to how Fox News and CNN packaged and promoted the U.S. invasion of Iraq -- Ugly War, Pretty Package offers a new paradigm for understanding how television news reporting shapes our perceptions of events. -- Publisher Description