Mass Deception: Moral Panic and the U.S. War on Iraq - Critical Issues in Crime and Society - Scott A. Bonn - Books - Rutgers University Press - 9780813547886 - June 17, 2010
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Scott A. Bonn
Mass Deception: Moral Panic and the U.S. War on Iraq - Critical Issues in Crime and Society

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The attacks of 9/11 led to a war on Iraq, although there was neither tangible evidence that the nation's leader, Saddam Hussein, was linked to Osama bin Laden nor proof of weapons of mass destruction. Why, then, did the Iraq war garner so much acceptance in the United States during its primary stages?



Mass Deception argues that the George W. Bush administration manufactured public support for the war on Iraq. Scott A. Bonn introduces a unique, integrated, and interdisciplinary theory called "critical communication" to explain how and why political elites and the news media periodically create public panics that benefit both parties. Using quantitative analysis of public opinion polls and presidential rhetoric pre- and post-9/11 in the news media, Bonn applies the moral panic concept to the Iraq war. He critiques the war and occupation of Iraq as violations of domestic and international law. Finally, Mass Deception connects propaganda and distortion efforts by the Bush administration to more general theories of elite deviance and state crime.

210 pages, 12

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released June 17, 2010
ISBN13 9780813547886
Publishers Rutgers University Press
Pages 210
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 20 mm   ·   449 g
Language English  
Contributor Michael Welch

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