| Description |
1 online resource (178 p.) |
| Series |
Politics, Media and Political Communication Series |
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Politics, Media and Political Communication Series
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of figures -- List of acronyms -- 1 Introduction -- Logos between the battlefield and the marketplace: some definitions and a short history -- The politics of logos: our main argument -- Book structure -- 2 Flags, symbols, and colours: Visual political studies reviewed -- Visual political science: a brief review -- International relations' visual turn -- Logos in semiotics and marketing studies -- Conclusions -- 3 Uncharted territory: Theories and methods for visual political analysis |
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Colours and symbols -- Political parties -- Private military and security companies -- Terrorist groups -- Studying logos: our methodology -- 4 Colours, symbols, ideologies: The logos of political parties -- Colours and symbols in political party logos -- Operationalizing visual Europeanization -- Political parties: data and method -- Political parties: results -- Political parties: conclusions -- Political parties: appendix -- 5 Building legitimacy: Private military and security companies' logos -- Logos as discourse: marketing security as a commodity -- Logos and the private security market |
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PMSCs' logo semiotics: a Peircean approach -- A visual history of PMSCs' logos: the inception of the market -- Market expansion and the invasion of Iraq -- Market consolidation after the Blackwater affair -- Russian PMSCs: a new combat-oriented market -- What's in a logo? An analysis -- Private military and security companies: conclusions -- 6 Violent signs: Terrorist groups' logos -- Interpretive and explanatory approaches in terrorism studies -- Logos as behavioural cues: theoretical expectations -- Terrorist groups: data and method -- Terrorist groups: results and discussion |
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Terrorist rebranding: Aum Shinrikyo -- Terrorist groups: conclusions -- Terrorist groups: appendix -- 7 Conclusions -- Implications -- Political logos: a new research agenda -- References -- Index |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Communication in politcs
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Visual communication -- Political aspects
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Logos (Symbols) -- Political aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cusumano, Eugenio
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| ISBN |
1003826415 |
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9781003826415 |
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