TY - BOOK AU - Tuman,Joseph S. TI - Communicating terror: the rhetorical dimensions of terrorism SN - 0761927654 (hbk.) AV - PN 4784 T925c 2003 U1 - 070.4/49303625 PY - 2003/// CY - Thousand Oaks, Calif. PB - Sage KW - Terrorism KW - Press coverage KW - Terrorism and mass media N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The struggle to define terrorism. Defining terrorism. Attempts to synthesize a consensus definition -- Terrorism as a communication process with rhetorical dimensions. Terrorism as communication process. Terrorism as rhetoric -- Labeling and defining terrorism as rhetoric. Definitions and labels. Reconsidering the definition of terrorism -- Symbols, symbolism, and terrorism. Symbols, symbolism, and violence/destruction. Symbolism in the implements and tools of terrorism. Symbolism in the target of terrorism -- Public oratory about terrorism. A method of rhetoric for public oratory. Case studies -- Mass-mediated images and construction of terrorism. Understanding mass media. Terrorism from above and mass media. Terrorism from below and mass media. Terrorism and paid media UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0658/2003004914-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0658/2003004914-t.html ER -