Explores how rumours fit into and extend narrative systems and ideologies, particularly in the context of terrorism, counter-terrorism, and extremist insurgencies. It also addresses the role of new and social media in the creation and spread of rumours. Its concern is to foster a more sophisticated understanding of how oral and digital cultures work alongside economic, diplomatic, and cultural factors that influence the struggles between states and non-state actors in the proverbial battle of hearts and minds.
Explores how rumours fit into and extend narrative systems and ideologies, particularly in the context of terrorism, counter-terrorism, and extremist insurgencies. It also addresses the role of new and social media in the creation and spread of rumours. Its concern is to foster a more sophisticated understanding of how oral and digital cultures work alongside economic, diplomatic, and cultural factors that influence the struggles between states and non-state actors in the proverbial battle of hearts and minds.
DANIEL LEONARD BERNARDI is professor and chair of the Cinema Department at San Francisco State University. He is the author of Star Trek and History: Race-ing Toward a White Future and the editor of Filming Difference: Actors, Directors, Producers and Writers on Gender, Race and Sexuality in Film, among several other books. His research explores the representation and narration of cultural difference, including race, gender, and sexuality, in media and popular culture. PAULINE HOPE CHEONG is an associate professor of communication at the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication at Arizona State University. She has published widely on communication technologies, culture, and religion in leading journals and is lead coeditor of Digital Religion, Social Media and Culture: Perspectives, Practices, Futures as well as New Media and Intercultural Communication: Identity, Community and Politics. CHRIS LUNDRY is an assistant research professor at the Consortium for Strategic Communication in the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication at Arizona State University. He has published in edited volumes and journals, including American Behavioral Scientist and Inside Indonesia. SCOTT W. RUSTON is an assistant research professor at the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication where he specializes in narrative theory and media studies. He has published in such journals as Storyworlds: A Journal of Narrative Studies and The International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction.
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Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Rumor Theory: Narrative Systems and Hegemonic Struggles in Contested Populations 2. Rumor Transmediation: Critical Mash-ups and a Singaporean Prison Break 3. Rumor Mosaics: Counterinsurgency Operations in Iraq’s Triangle of Death 4. Whisper Campaigns: State-Sponsored Rumors and the Post-Mortem (De)Construction of an Indonesian Terrorist 5. Coercion and Consent: Narrative Countermeasures in the Battle for “Hearts and Minds” Glossary Notes Selected Bibliography Index
Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Rumor Theory: Narrative Systems and Hegemonic Struggles in Contested Populations 2. Rumor Transmediation: Critical Mash-ups and a Singaporean Prison Break 3. Rumor Mosaics: Counterinsurgency Operations in Iraq’s Triangle of Death 4. Whisper Campaigns: State-Sponsored Rumors and the Post-Mortem (De)Construction of an Indonesian Terrorist 5. Coercion and Consent: Narrative Countermeasures in the Battle for “Hearts and Minds” Glossary Notes Selected Bibliography Index
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