Publisher · Zahraa Al-Awadi Publishing and Distribution
The Discourse of Resistance: Between Media Deception and the Creed of Belonging
Edition details
- ISBN
- 9789922813141
- Binding
- Paperback
- Book language
- Arabic
- Pages
- 142
- Publication date
- 2026-06-01
About this book
Amir Adnan Abu Tabikh examines the struggle over public consciousness surrounding Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces after the 2014 fatwa of collective defence. The battlefield here is also the screen: international and regional media can recast victims as aggressors, obscure context, and make images serve predetermined narratives. Drawing on semiotic and visual analysis and Roland Barthes's ideas about media framing, the study compares major Arab television discourse, particularly Al Jazeera and Al Mayadeen. It tracks how wording, omission, selection, and framing direct the viewer's eye and shape political meaning. Combining academic analysis with an accessible narrative, the book asks readers to look behind the news image and understand how belonging, citizenship, and resistance are defended when technology itself participates in the manufacture of deception.
