David Altheide, PhD, is Emeritus Regents’ Professor on the faculty of Justice and Social Inquiry in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University.

«Written in a very congenial style, the book provides the reader with stimulating insights on increasingly important issues for media, citizens, and democracy.» (Gianpietro Mazzoleni, University of Milan, Italy)«Altheide argues that we have become swamped by a superfluity of media sources and outlets and so are forced to retreat to the most vivid and memorable – and fearful – of these voices, those that invoke the most simplistic images and solutions. Provocative and convincing – a must-read for anyone interested in our Fourth Estate.» (Erich Goode, Sociology Professor Emeritus, Stony Brook University)

• Contents: Media Logic, Social Power, and Fear – Symbolic Interaction Illuminates the Mediated World – Media Dramas and the Social Construction of Reality – Terrorism and Fear Post 9/11 – Terrorism and the National Security University – Risk Communication and the Discourse of Fear – Shielding Risk – Our Mediated Condition.

David Altheide, PhD, is Emeritus Regents’ Professor on the faculty of Justice and Social Inquiry in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University.

«Written in a very congenial style, the book provides the reader with stimulating insights on increasingly important issues for media, citizens, and democracy.» (Gianpietro Mazzoleni, University of Milan, Italy)«Altheide argues that we have become swamped by a superfluity of media sources and outlets and so are forced to retreat to the most vivid and memorable – and fearful – of these voices, those that invoke the most simplistic images and solutions. Provocative and convincing – a must-read for anyone interested in our Fourth Estate.» (Erich Goode, Sociology Professor Emeritus, Stony Brook University)

• Contents: Media Logic, Social Power, and Fear – Symbolic Interaction Illuminates the Mediated World – Media Dramas and the Social Construction of Reality – Terrorism and Fear Post 9/11 – Terrorism and the National Security University – Risk Communication and the Discourse of Fear – Shielding Risk – Our Mediated Condition.

David Altheide, PhD, is Emeritus Regents’ Professor on the faculty of Justice and Social Inquiry in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University.

«Written in a very congenial style, the book provides the reader with stimulating insights on increasingly important issues for media, citizens, and democracy.» (Gianpietro Mazzoleni, University of Milan, Italy)«Altheide argues that we have become swamped by a superfluity of media sources and outlets and so are forced to retreat to the most vivid and memorable – and fearful – of these voices, those that invoke the most simplistic images and solutions. Provocative and convincing – a must-read for anyone interested in our Fourth Estate.» (Erich Goode, Sociology Professor Emeritus, Stony Brook University)

• Contents: Media Logic, Social Power, and Fear – Symbolic Interaction Illuminates the Mediated World – Media Dramas and the Social Construction of Reality – Terrorism and Fear Post 9/11 – Terrorism and the National Security University – Risk Communication and the Discourse of Fear – Shielding Risk – Our Mediated Condition.