Rethinking Global Security: Media, Popular Culture, and the "War on Terror" (New Directions in International Studies)

Analysts today routinely look toward the media and popular culture as a way of understanding global security. Although only a decade ago, such a focus would have seemed out of place, the proliferation of digital technologies in the twenty-first century has transformed our knowledge of near and distant events so that it has become impossible to separate the politics of war, suffering, terrorism, and security from the practices and processes of the media. This book brings together ten path-breaking essays that explore the ways our notions of fear, insecurity, and danger are fostered by intermediary sources such as television, radio, film, satellite imaging, and the Internet. The contributors, from a wide range of disciplines, show how both fictional and fact-based threats to global security have helped to create and sustain a culture that is deeply distrustful. Topics range from the Patriot Act, to the censorship of media personalities, to the role that television programming plays as an interpretative frame for current events. Designed to promote strategic thinking about the relationships between media, popular culture, and global security, this book is essential reading for scholars of international relations, technology, and media studies. Frontmatter Acknowledgments (page ix) Introduction (Patrice Petro and Andrew Martin, page 1) Future-War Storytelling - National Security and Popular Film (Doug Davis, page 13) Visions of Security - Impermeable Borders, Impassable Walls, Impossible Home/Lands? (Mary N. Layoun, page 45) The Origins of the Danger Market (Marcus Bullock, page 67) Cold War Redux (Robert Ricigliano and Mike Allen, page 85) Popular Culture and Narratives of Insecurity (Andrew Martin, page 104) Fearful Thoughts - U.S. Television since 9/11 and the Wars in Iraq (Patricia Mellencamp, page 117) Planet Patrol - Satellite Imaging, Acts of Knowledge, and Global Security (Lisa Parks, page 132) Intermedia and the War on Terror (James Castonguay, page 151) Remapping the Visual War on Terrorism - "U.S. Internationalism" and Transitional Citizenship (Wendy Kozol and Rebecca DeCola, page 179) Picturing Torture - Gulf Wars Past and Present (Tony Grajeda, page 206) Notes on Contributors (page 237) Index (page 241) Introduction / Patrice Petro And Andrew Martin -- Future-war Storytelling : National Security And Popular Film / Doug Davis -- Visions Of Security : Impermeable Borders, Impassable Walls, Impossible Home/lands? / Mary N. Layoun -- The Origins Of The Danger Market / Marcus Bullock -- Cold War Redux / Robert Ricigliano And Mike Allen -- Popular Culture And Narratives Of Insecurity / Andrew Martin -- Fearful Thoughts : U.s. Television Since 9/11 And The Wars In Iraq / Patricia Mellencamp -- Planet Patrol : Satellite Imaging, Acts Of Knowledge, And Global Security / Lisa Parks -- Intermedia And The War On Terror / James Castonguay -- Remapping The Visual War On Terrorism : U.s. Internationalism And Transnational Citizenship / Wendy Kozol And Rebecca Decola -- Picturing Torture : Gulf Wars Past And Present / Tony Grajeda. Edited By Andrew Martin And Patrice Petro. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Introduction / Patrice Petro and Andrew Martin Future-war storytelling : national security and popular film / Doug Davis Visions of security : impermeable borders, impassable walls, impossible homelands? / Mary N. Layoun The origins of the danger market / Marcus Bullock Cold War, redux / Robert Ricigliano and Mike Allen Popular culture and narratives of insecurity / Andrew Martin Fearful thoughts : U.S. television post 9/11 and the wars in Iraq / Patricia Mellencamp Planet patrol : satellite imaging, acts of knowledge, and global security / Lisa Parks Intermedia and the "War on terror" / James Castonguay Remapping the visual war on terrorism : citizenship and its transnational others / Wendy Kozol and Rebecca DeCola Picturing torture : Gulf wars past and present / Tony Grajeda.