Communicating Global Crises

Media, War, Climate, and Politics

Yahya R. Kamalipour, John V. Pavlik

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Year: 2023
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781538181867
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Communication Studies
• Index: Social Sciences

In view of the tumultuous, conflictual, and divisive global environment; Russia's military attack on Ukraine; and anti-government uprisings in Iran and elsewhere, this timely book explores the crucial roles that media, war, religion, and politics play in impacting people and forming public opinion around the world.

Prominent and accomplished experts in media, communication, politics, journalism, international relations, global studies, and cultural studies around the globe come together to present a vital resource for all decision-makers at local, national, and international levels. Multicultural and multidisciplinary contributors methodically research, assess, write, and present their findings through a variety of content and discourse analysis.

This significant collaborative book provides a valuable and much-needed global discourse and analysis of our increasingly divided nations and world. In this eclectic and multidisciplinary volume, contributors focus on various issues including the rise of nationalism, militarism, fake news, climate crisis, media corporations, economic inequalities, inequality, refugee crisis, cultural representations, social media, human interactions, information warfare, propaganda, and emergence of a new world order.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Introduction
• I: The Global Context
• Chapter 1: Contemporary Geopolitics, War, and Media Propaganda in Historical Context
• II: Political Ideologies
• Chapter 2: Revisiting the Clash of Civilizations Debate: What Has Changed 30 Years Later?
• III: Social Media and Politics
• Chapter 3: U.S. Foreign Policy, Think Tanks, Control Over Web Content, and the Threat to Democracy
• Chapter 4: The Personification of the Highest Office: Adoption of Social Media by Country Leaders
• IV: Media and Propaganda
• Chapter 5: Disinformation, Misinformation, Fake News, and Their Global Impact
• V: Media and Conflicts
• Chapter 6 : Vladimir Putin, Ukraine, and the Court of Public Opinion
• Chapter 7: Reporting Global Conflicts and the Politics of Representation: Global South Versus Global North News Frames
• VI: Woman, Life, Freedom: The 2022 Uprisings in Iran
• Chapter 8: “Say Her Name, Mahsa Amini!”: An Overview of the Woman, Life, Freedom Movement in Iran
• VII: Media and Representation
• Chapter 9: The Stereotypical Portrayal of Islam in the Western Press: An Islamophobic Perspective
• Chapter 10: Image of Russia in American Media
• VIII: Climate Crisis
• Chapter 11: Local Crises, Global Catastrophes: Climate Catastrophe as “Elemental Media”
• Chapter 12: Climate Change, Clean Energy, and Ideas of Social Change: Ideology of a Renewables-Only Future
• IX: International Agreements and Treaties
• Chapter 13: NATO’s Future: Will the Ukrainian Conflict Revitalize NATO for the Long Term?
• X: Global Information Warfare
• Chapter 14: Cybercrime, Cyberterrorism, and Information Warfare: Threats to Democracy, Governance, and National Security
• About the Editors and Contributors