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Mass Deception: Moral Panic and the U.S. War on Iraq (Critical Issues in Crime and Society) by Scott A. Bonn; Michael Welch is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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The attacks of 9/11 led to a war on Iraq, although there was neither tangible evidence that the nation's leader, Saddam Hussein, was linked to Osama bin Laden nor proof of weapons of mass destruction. Why, then, did the Iraq war garner so much acceptance in the United States during its primary stages? __Mass Deception__ argues that the George W. Bush administration manufactured public support for the war on Iraq. Scott A. Bonn introduces a unique, integrated, and interdisciplinary theory called "critical communication" to explain how and why political elites and the news media periodically create public panics that benefit both parties. Using quantitative analysis of public opinion polls and presidential rhetoric pre- and post-9/11 in the news media, Bonn applies the moral panic concept to the Iraq war. He critiques the war and occupation of Iraq as violations of domestic and international law. Finally, __Mass Deception__ connects propaganda and distortion efforts by the Bush administration to more general theories of elite deviance and state crime.

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Author

Scott A. Bonn; Michael Welch

Publisher

Rutgers University Press

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9786613383198

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Sociology, History