TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schubart,Rikke
AU  - Schubart,Rikke
TI  - War isn't hell, it's entertainment: essays on visual media and the representation of conflict 
SN  - 9780786435586 (softcover : alk. paper)
AV  - P96.W35 W375 2009
U1  - 303.66 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Jefferson, N.C.
PB  - McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
KW  - Mass media and war
KW  - War in mass media
KW  - War and society
KW  - United States
KW  - Popular culture
KW  - Society
KW  - ukslc
KW  - thema
KW  - Media studies
KW  - Warfare & defence
KW  - Peace studies & conflict resolution
KW  - History
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - This study examines how war is used as an imaginary site to stage dramas; how boundaries between war, media, and entertainment dissolve as new media alters the qualities of representation; how entertainment is used to engage audiences; and what effect products of war and entertainment have on consumers of popular culture; Real war is a cruel theater of death, yet it is also an exciting narrative exploited for national, political and commercial purposes and turned into numerous films, television shows, computer games, news stories and reenactment plays. This book examines the relationship between war, visual media and entertainment from a number of academic perspectives such as film studies, cultural studies, new media studies, sociology and history. Key topics of the essays include: how war is used as an imaginary site to stage dramas; how boundaries between war, media, and entertainment dissolve as new media alters the formal qualities of representation; how entertainment is used to engage audiences; and, what effect products of war and entertainment have on consumers of popular culture
ER  -