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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgments
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1: VIOLENCE AND THE MEDIA

Chapter 2: JIHAD

Chapter 3: ORIENTALIST IMAGINARIES

Chapter 4: ASSASSINS, KIDNAPPERS, HOSTAGES

Chapter 5: THE RITES OF REPORTING A HIJACKING

Chapter 6: DISPATCHES FROM THE HOLY LAND

Chapter 7: CONSTRUCTING A POST-SOVIET THREAT

Chapter 8: RETURNING TO A MILLENNIAL STRUGGLE

Chapter 9: COVERING CONFLICTS IN FORMER COMMUNIST TERRITORIES

Chapter 10: TOWARDS INFORMED AND CONSCIENTIOUS REPORTING

Afterword, 2002

Index

List of Illustrations, Tables and Figures

1: Islam depicted as destabilizing the world
2: "Islamic" threats in journalistic discourses
3: Media clichés about Islamic resurgence
4: Portraying Christians as victims of Muslims
5: Narratives about warring Muslims
6: Constructing Islam as post-Cold War Other
7: The Gulf War as a morality play
8: Seeking peace through war

Tables

1: The Allies and their enemies
2: Use of the jihad model in coverage of the 1992 Khojaly massacre

 

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