Lights, Camera, War: Is Media Technology Driving International Politics?

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996. First Edition. First Printing. 327, illus., endnotes, index. Inscribed by the author to journalist Carl Rowan. The author considers new media technology from the introduction of the telegraph through the present day, and concludes that new technology may shorten the time it takes the public to receive information, but in the end political leadership trumps media power. Chapter 3, "A Splendid Little War" (pp. 41-54) covers the Spanish-American War. Condition: very good, very good.

Keywords: Television, Journalism, Mass Media, Media Technology, Telegraph, Spanish-Am War, Yellow Journalism, Saddam Hussein, Vietnam War

ISBN: 0312140045

[Book #51453]

Price: $100.00

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