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Don't mention the war : Northern Ireland, propaganda, and the media / David Miller.

Miller, David, 1964- (Author).

Summary:

Annotation For over twenty-five years, the media have portrayed the conflict in Northern Ireland as an irrational confrontation -- a war that was not called a war and had no objective social basis. 'Terrorism' caused 'the Troubles'; the British Army kept the peace. The conflict was effectively marginalised in the minds of the public at large. In "Don't Mention the War," David Miller chronicles the propaganda and (mis)information management which did so much to distort and impoverish media reporting of the conflict. Given unprecedented access to senior officials, as well as the key spokespersons for all the major political groupings in Northern Ireland, Miller paints a disturbing picture of the success of the media managers in manipulating public perceptions of the issues, and breaks new ground in exploring the complex relationships between propaganda, public opinion and power

Record details

ISBN: 0745308368
ISBN: 178371879X
ISBN: 9780745308364
ISBN: 9781783718795
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 368) : illustrations
Publisher: London ; Pluto Press, 1994.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-353) and index.
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