Matt Sienkiewicz

The Other Air Force

U.S. Efforts to Reshape Middle Eastern Media Since 9/11

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

As it seeks to win the hearts and minds of the Muslim world, the United States has poured millions of dollars into local television and radio programming. However, as this fascinating new book shows, the Middle Eastern media producers who rely on these funds are hardly puppets on an American string, but instead contribute their own political and artistic agendas. The Other Air Force reveals the remarkable creative output that can emerge even from the world’s tensest conflict zones.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 503g
• ISBN-13: 9780813577999
• ISBN-10: 0813577993
• Artikelnr.: 44946273

Autorenporträt

MATT SIENKIEWICZ is an assistant professor of communication and international studies at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. He is the coeditor of Saturday Night Live and American TV and has produced a number of documentaries, including Live from Bethlehem..

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Soft-Psy Media as U.S. Strategy
Chapter 1: Shopping for Grocers: The Origins of Middle Eastern Soft-Psy
Media
Chapter 2: Our Men in Kabul and Bethlehem: Saad Mohseni and Raed Othman
Chapter 3: Kind of Con Men: Self-Interest, Soft-Psy Media, and Resistance
Chapter 4: Soft-Psy Media Under Cover: The Question of Gender
Chapter 5: Mediating Mediations: Meta-Media, the Middle East, and Soft-Psy
Strategy
Conclusion: The Trajectory of Soft-Psy Media from 9/11 to Today
Notes
Bibliography
Index