Full Description
In view of the tumultuous, conflictual, and divisive global environment; Russia's military attack on Ukraine; and anti-government uprisings in Iran and elsewhere, this timely book explores the crucial roles that media, war, religion, and politics play in impacting people and forming public opinion around the world.
Prominent and accomplished experts in media, communication, politics, journalism, international relations, global studies, and cultural studies around the globe come together to present a vital resource for all decision-makers at local, national, and international levels. Multicultural and multidisciplinary contributors methodically research, assess, write, and present their findings through a variety of content and discourse analysis.
This significant collaborative book provides a valuable and much-needed global discourse and analysis of our increasingly divided nations and world. In this eclectic and multidisciplinary volume, contributors focus on various issues including the rise of nationalism, militarism, fake news, climate crisis, media corporations, economic inequalities, inequality, refugee crisis, cultural representations, social media, human interactions, information warfare, propaganda, and emergence of a new world order.
Contents
Introduction
Yahya R. Kamalipour, North Carolina A&T State University
John V. Pavlik, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
I. The Global Context
1. Contemporary Geopolitics, War, and Media: A Historical Context
Lee B. Artz, Purdue University Northwest
II. Political Ideologies
2. Revisiting the Clash of Civilizations' Debate: What has Changed 30 Years Later?
Raymond Taras, Tulane University
III. Social Media and Politics
3. Censorship, Social Media Corporations, and their Connections with US Foreign Policy Think Tanks
David J. Park, Florida International University
4. The world leaders on social media
Alexander Laskin, Quinnipiac University
IV. Media and Propaganda
5. Propaganda: Disinformation, Misinformation, Fake News, and Manipulation
Marina Vujnovic, Monmouth University, and Dean Kruckeberg, University of North Carolina Charlotte
V. Media and Conflicts
6. Russia, Ukraine, and the Court of Public Opinion
Richard Gershon, Western Michigan University
7. Reporting War and Conflict: Global South Versus Global North News Frames
Maha Bashri, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain
VI. Woman, Life, Freedom: The 2022 Uprisings in Iran
8. "Say Her Name, Mahsa Amini!" An Overview of The Woman, Life, Freedom Movement in Iran
Negin Hosseini Goodrich, Purdue University West Lafayette
VII. Media and Representation
9. Critical Analysis of Islam in the Western Press: An Islamophobic Perspective
Syed Abdul Siraj and Hina Nawaz, Bahria University, Pakistan
10. Image of Russia in American media
Greydina Nadezhda, Pyatigorsk State University, Russia
VIII. Climate Crisis
11. Local Crises, Global Catastrophes: Australian Media Responses to Permanent Crisis
Hart Cohen and Myra Gurney, Western Sydney University, and Antonio Castillo, RMIT University, Australia
12. Climate Change, Clean Energy, and the Purification of Society
Scott L. Montgomery, University of Washington, Seattle
IX. International Agreements and Treaties
13. NATO Resurgent: Will the Ukrainian Conflict Revitalize NATO for the Long-Term?
Richard Rupp, Purdue University Northwest
X. Global Information Warfare
14. Cyberspace and Information Warfare - The Threats to Democracy, Governance and National Security
Robin Maria Valeri, St. Bonaventure University, and Binneh Minteh, Salem State University
About the editors
About the contributors
Index
