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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: BBC, The 'War on Terror' and the Discursive Construction of Terrorism
    sub title: Representing al-Qaeda
  name:
    name part: Ahmad, Jared.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
    role:
      role term: aut
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      role term: http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2018
    edition: 1st ed. 2018.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: VII, 226 p. 1 illus. online resource.
  abstract: In the years since the September 11th 2001 attacks, the al-Qaeda phenomenon has become one of the most written about, yet crucially misunderstood, threats of the 21st century. But despite the sheer volume of literature produced during the 'war on terror' period, few studies have sought to consider the way this entity has been represented within the news media. The BBC, the War on Terror and the Discursive Construction of Al-Qaeda addresses this significant gap in knowledge by providing an original and much needed assessment of the various strategies used to depict 'al-Qaeda', and thus make it meaningful for British television audiences. Drawing on the work of French philosopher Michel Foucault, and focusing on Britain's most watched and trusted news programme, the BBC's flagship 'News at Ten' bulletin, the book provides insight into both the visual and verbal nature of these representations and the way they have shifted over the course of a ten-year period, while also shedding light upon the broader political and social consequences of the BBC's portrayals. In doing so, the book not only helps to develop a deeper understanding of the complexity of the BBC's representations, and their various shifts and transformations, but also details the process through which 'al-Qaeda' has been pieced together from a range of cultural parts. And how, ultimately, the dominant mode of representation used to portray this entity is one that closely resembles Britain's own, diverse multicultural 'self'. Jared Ahmad is a lecturer in Journalism, Politics and Communication at the University of Sheffield, UK. .
  table of contents: Introduction: The BBC, the 'war on terror' and al-Qaeda -- Chapter 1: Understanding al-Qaeda as a discursive phenomenon -- Chapter 2: September 11th 2001 attacks -- Chapter 3: The January 5th 2003 Wood Green ricin plot -- Chapter 4: The July 7th 2005 London transport bombings -- Chapter 5: The May 2nd 2011 capture and killing of Osama bin Laden -- Conclusion: A shifting enemy.
  note: by Jared Ahmad.
  subject:
    topic: Terrorism
  subject:
    topic: Political violence
  subject:
    topic: Security, International
  subject:
    topic: Peace
  subject:
    topic: Great Britain-Politics and government
  subject:
    topic: Mass media and crime
  subject:
    topic: Terrorism and Political Violence
  subject:
    topic: International Security Studies
  subject:
    topic: Conflict Studies
  subject:
    topic: British Politics
  subject:
    topic: Terrorism
  subject:
    topic: Crime and the Media
  classification: JX5420
  classification: 303.625
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  related item:
    title info:
      title: New Security Challenges
  identifier: 9783319766089
  identifier: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76608-9
  record info:
    record creation date: 180421
    record change date: 20191025171950.0
    record identifier: 978-3-319-76608-9