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  • Ugly War, Pretty Package: How CNN and Fox News Made the Invasion of Iraq High Concept
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  • Deborah L. Jaramillo
  • 2009
  • Published by: Indiana University Press
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Deborah L. Jaramillo investigates cable news' presentation of the Iraq War in relation to "high concept" filmmaking. High concept films can be reduced to single-sentence summaries and feature pre-sold elements; they were considered financially safe projects that would sustain consumer interest beyond their initial theatrical run. Using high concept as a framework for the analysis of the 2003 coverage of the Iraq War -- paying close attention to how Fox News and CNN packaged and promoted the U.S. invasion of Iraq -- Ugly War, Pretty Package offers a new paradigm for understanding how television news reporting shapes our perceptions of events.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Table of Contents
  2. p. vii
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  1. Introduction:The Spectacle of Televised War
  2. pp. 1-20
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  1. 1 High Concept, Media Conglomeration, and Commercial News
  2. pp. 21-40
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  1. 2 The High-Concept War Narrative
  2. pp. 41-88
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  1. 3 Intertextuality, Genres, and Stars
  2. pp. 89-120
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  1. 4 War Characters
  2. pp. 121-144
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  1. 5 The Look and Sound of High-Concept War Coverage
  2. pp. 145-176
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  1. 6 The Marketing of the 2003 Invasion of Iraq
  2. pp. 177-196
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  1. Conclusion: The Narrative Exits Screen Right, the Coverage Fizzles, and News Is What, Exactly?
  2. pp. 197-218
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  1. Appendix A: Graphic Frames at CNN and Fox News Channel,March 19–24, 2003
  2. pp. 219-220
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  1. Appendix B: War-Related Animation Sequencesat CNN and Fox News Channel, March 19–24, 2003
  2. pp. 221-222
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  1. Appendix C: Promotional Spots at CNN and Fox News Channel, March 19–24, 2003
  2. pp. 223-226
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  1. Works Cited
  2. pp. 227-238
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 239-254
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