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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Abu Ghraib"”.

  1. The Social Psychology of Evil: A Look at Abu Ghraib

    Richardson, Kristin

    clemson Repository record

  2. The Intersection Of Image, Rhetoric, And Witnessing: A Rhetorical Analysis Of The Abu Ghraib Prisoner Abuse Scandal

    Durham Smith, Elizabeth Jane2010

    <p>This project looks at the Abu Ghraib Prisoner Abuse Scandal and the ways those figured in the notorious images were named as "bad apples" to explain the shocking scenes to a mainstream American collective as well as expands more traditional understandings of witnessing through the examination of …

    wayne-thes Repository record

  3. Acts of atrocity effects on public opinion support during war or conflict

    Corley, Christopher L.Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School2007

    … attention because they are representative of abuses of power or unauthorized uses of force. Examination of the My Lai massacre and the Abu Ghraib prison scandal offers an excellent opportunity to better understand how these incidents affect public opinion. Although results for the My Lai …

    nps Repository record

  4. News in the age of empire : two war scandals

    Legge, Jason.Brock University2009

    … compares and contrasts the· coverage of the Abu Ghraib Prison Scandal with that of the Haditha Civilian Massacre. Although similar in nature, the author proposes that the Abu Ghraib Prison Scandal received a disproportionate amount of coverage within the mainstream press because of its …

    brock Repository record

  5. Prison Sights: Carceral Counter-Visions in Documentary Film

    Barnes, Christopher R

    … Correctional Facility, Guantánamo Bay, and Abu Ghraib. </p> <p>Across each site, I trace how a set of dialectical tensions organize their visual fields: inside/outside, visible/invisible, presence/absence, and past/present. I argue that the formal capacities of documentary film offer unique …

    syracuse-diss Repository record

  6. Defending the Methods That Defend Us From Terror: U.S. Interrogation Policy and Overcoming Its Negative Implications

    Downs, Randall C.

    … This issue is important because relatively minor abuses and isolated incidents (e.g. the Abu Ghraib prison scandal) have managed to manipulate opinion to the extent that effective policies such as coercive interrogation are in danger of being discontinued. The United States needs to better protect …

    mo-state Repository record

  7. The Affective Dimensions of Social Controversy

    Sci, Susan Ann2001

    … dimensions of three conflicts. They are: the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse social controversy, the International Freedom Center social controversy, and the controversy over the 2004 French ban on conspicuous religious attire in public schools. The findings from this dissertation that have specific …

    denver Repository record

  8. Project Camelot and Military Sponsorship of Social Science Research: A Critical Discourse Analysis

    Hunt, Ryan2018

    … supporting interrogation work in Guantánamo and Abu Ghraib.</p><p> This study utilizes Critical Discourse Analysis, rooted in the work of Foucault, to explicate some of the discursive objects, subjects, and formations underlying Camelot, to show how this discourse works to shape and constrain …

    duquesne Repository record

  9. By Any Means Necessary: The Quandary the CIA Now Faces In Light of Employing Enhanced Interrogation Methods to Combat the War on Terror

    Laufer, Joshua2018

    The outcry of torture being used during CIA interrogations of enemy combatants at Guantanamo Bay and other sites certainly jolted international humanitarians. With modern warfare evolving towards unconventional warfare, the notion of interrogation has become more controversial and linked …

    duquesne Repository record