Rethinking Media Coverage: Vertical Mediation and the War on Terror

by Lisa Parks and Parks Lisa

Book Overview

In the post-9/11 era, media technologies have become increasingly intertwined with vertical power as airwaves, airports, air space, and orbit have been commandeered to support national security and defense. In this book, Lisa Parks develops the concept of vertical mediation to explore how audiovisual cultures enact and infer power relations far beyond the screen. Focusing on TV news, airport checkpoints, satellite imagery, and drone media, Parks...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415999820
• ISBN13: 9780415999823
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"