In this Book
- Ugly War, Pretty Package: How CNN and Fox News Made the Invasion of Iraq High Concept
- Book
- 2009
- Published by: Indiana University Press
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.
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- p. vii
- 2 The High-Concept War Narrative
- pp. 41-88
- 3 Intertextuality, Genres, and Stars
- pp. 89-120
- 4 War Characters
- pp. 121-144
- 6 The Marketing of the 2003 Invasion of Iraq
- pp. 177-196
- Works Cited
- pp. 227-238