American Idol after Iraq - Competing for Heartsand Minds in the Global Media Age
ISBN: 9781444310511
Platform/Publisher: WOL / Wiley-Blackwell
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Unlimited; Download: Unlimited
Subjects: Humanities; Cultural Studies;

This dazzling little book explores the role of US media in foreign policy, not only at the present moment, but with an eye to the future. Written by a veteran Hollywood film executive and an internationally known columnist in foreign affairs Explains how American movies, TV shows, and pop music provide the images of America to the rest of the world, and the rest of the world to Americans Includes discussions of the cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed Danish daily newspapers, Tibetan monks censored out of Chinese TV news reports only to show up on You Tube, and the Vatican's assault on the Da Vinci Code movie Argues that Hollywood is a key player in the 'deep coalition' required to support a 'smart power' foreign policy and build a global cultural infrastructure that will make the world safe for interdependence

Mike Medavoy has been involved in over 300 feature films. Born in Shanghai, China, Medavoy grew up in Chile. He began his career in 1964 at Universal--rising quickly from mailroom to the position of casting director. In 1965 he became a talent agent working at General Artist Corporation before moving to Creative Management Agency as vice president. He joined International Famous Agency in 1971 before co-founding Orion Pictures in 1978. In 1990, after twelve fruitful years at Orion, Medavoy became chairman of Tri-Star Pictures. Now chairman of Phoenix Pictures, Medavoy lives in Los Angeles.

(Bowker Author Biography)


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