01779cam a22002894a 45000010006000000050017000060080041000230350013000640100015000770200022000920200022001140400018001360420008001540500024001620820019001861000021002052450087002262600043003133000035003565040051003915050788004426500031012306500015012616500030012768560091013068560092013972786320230410130722.0030305s2003    caua     b    001 0 eng    a13111595  a2003004914  a0761927654 (hbk.)  a0761927662 (pbk.)  aDLCcDLCdDLC  apcc14aPN 4784bT925c 200300a070.4/493036251 aTuman, Joseph S.10aCommunicating terror :bthe rhetorical dimensions of terrorism /cJoseph S. Tuman.  aThousand Oaks, Calif. :bSage,cc2003.  axvii, 157 p. :bill. ;c24 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aThe 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. 0aTerrorismxPress coverage. 0aTerrorism. 0aTerrorism and mass media.423Publisher descriptionuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0658/2003004914-d.html413Table of contents onlyuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0658/2003004914-t.html