Media and the Persian Gulf War

ROBERT E. DENTON, JR. is Professor and Head of the Department of Communication Studies at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. In addition to numerous articles, he is the author of several books, including The Primetime Presidency of Ronald Reagan, Political Communication In America, second edition, (with Gary Woodward), and Ethical Dimensions of Political Communication (Praeger 1988, 1990, and 1991). Denton serves as associate editor of Presidential Studies Quarterly and as editor for the Praeger Series in Political Communication and Presidential Studies.

• The Rules of the Game: The Military and the Press in the Persian War by Gary C. WoodwardTelevision as an Instrument of War by Robert E. Denton, Jr.The Natural, and Inevitable, Phases of War Reporting: Historical Shadows, New Communication in the Persian Gulf by Donald L. Shaw and Shannon E. MartinMedia Perspectives on World Opinion During the Kuwaiti Crisis by Frank Louis RuscianoVox Populi: Talk Radio and TV Cover the Gulf War by Dan Nimmo and Mark HovindConstructing News Narratives: ABC and CNN Cover the Gulf War by Bethami A. DobkinC-SPAN's Coverage of the Gulf War: Television as Town Square by Janette Kenner MuirNews Viewing, Authoritarianism, and Attitudes Toward the Gulf War by Mary Beth Oliver, Marie-Louise mares, and Joanne CantorWar in the Global Village: A Seven-Country Comparison of the Television News Coverage of the Beginning of the Gulf War by David L. Swanson and Larry David SmithMedia Coverage of Women in the Gulf War by Anne Johnston"What Did You Advertise With the War, Daddy?": Using the Persian Gulf War as a Referent System in Advertising by Matthew P. McAllisterCelluloid Heroes and Smart Bombs: Hollywood at War in the Middle East by Stephen PrinceFrom the Great War to the Gulf War: Popular Entertainment and the Legitimation of Warfare by James CombsSelected BibliographyIndex