Sousveillance, Media and Strategic Political Communication Iraq, USA, UK

Fusing perspectives from politics, media studies and cultural studies, and focusing on Iraq, offers detailed insights into the impact of different media forms.

AcknowledgementsGlossaryChapter 1 - Web-based Participatory Media, Strategic Political Communication and Sousveillance - Web-based Participatory Media and Strategic Political Communication    - Strategic Political Communication in the West and the Middle East    - From Surveillance to Sousveillance - The Case StudiesChapter 2 - Bearing Witness during the 2003 Iraq War: Embeds and Bloggers - Introduction - Political Environment - Media Environment - Identifying with the Embeds - Identifying with the Iraqis: Salam Pax - ConclusionChapter 3 - Controlling the Military's Image: Abu Ghraib (2004) and Is this the Way to Armadillo (2005) - Introduction - Political Environment - Media Environment - Abu Ghraib: The Downward Spiral of the Military's Image - Is this the Way to Armadillo? - ConclusionChapter 4 - Controlling Saddam Hussein's Image:  His Capture (2003) and Execution (2006) - Introduction - Political Environment - Media Environment - Controlled Image: The Capture of Saddam Hussein - Losing Control: The Execution of Saddam Hussein - ConclusionChapter 5  - Sousveillance and Strategic Political Communication: Developments & Implications  - Introduction - Political Environment 2007-9 - Media Environment 2007-9 - Towards Sousveillance Cultures - Implications for Strategic Political Communication - The Future?ReferencesIndex