The Rise of Weaponized Flak in the New Media Era
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The Rise of Weaponized Flak in the New Media Era: Beyond the Propaganda Model(35 Intersections in Communications and Culture)

The Rise of Weaponized Flak in the New Media Era: Beyond the Propaganda Model(35 Intersections in Communications and Culture)


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The Rise of Weaponized Flak in the New Media Era presents the first book-length examination of flak as a form of political harassment, authored by a seasoned researcher on political discourse and mass media. Flak against news media was a component of the Edward Herman-Noam Chomsky seminal "Propaganda Model." However, in the thirty years since the model was introduced, flak has become an increasingly significant and prevalent sociopolitical force in its own right, in large part for the proliferation of new media platforms. Flak is not simply good faith or tough criticism. Rather, flak discourses and actions go on attack for the purpose of delegitimizing, disabling, and even criminalizing political foes, however tendentiously. The book presents cross-disciplinary appeal for students and scholars of mass media, new media, political science, and sociology—as well as for anyone concerned with today’s sociopolitical environment. Given the book’s seminal examination of the topic, the introductory chapters in Part I extensively map out flak’s current forms and delineate similarities and distinctions from scandal and activism. Newly-minted terminology is introduced to flesh-out contemporary flak (for example, flak-in-discourse, boutique flak, phantom flak). The balance of the book is organized around case studies of flak mills (Part II) and flak issues (Part III). In particular, Part II drills down into the flak discourses and techniques of dedicated flak mills that characterize themselves as, respectively, journalistic and think tank organizations. Part III of the book features case studies of flak around elections and universities in the United States.

Table of Contents:
List of Tables – Acknowledgments – Part I: Introducing Flak – 1988/2016: From PAC and Flak to Hack and Flak – "Bow the Knee to This New Dictatorship": The Many Faces of Flak – "We Are Those Experts": Heartland Institute and the Think Tank as Flak Mill – "Transcendent Truth" in Disguise: Project Veritas’ Flak Traps – Part III: Flak Issues and Conclusions – Voters as "Thieves and Fraudsters": Flak against Elections – "Indoctrination," "Persecution," "Control": Flak Goes to College – Conclusion: Play to Win – Index.

About the Author :
Brian Michael Goss earned a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois’ Institute of Communications Research in 2000. A specialist in mass media and its sociopolitical concomitants, he has authored three books, co-edited two more, penned dozens of journal articles, and is a zealously dedicated teacher.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781433142581
  • Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
  • Edition: New edition
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: 35 Intersections in Communications and Culture
  • Weight: 320 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1433142589
  • Publisher Date: 18 Feb 2020
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 225 mm
  • No of Pages: 212
  • Sub Title: Beyond the Propaganda Model
  • Width: 150 mm


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