Krwawe widowisko. Wojna z terrorem w ujęciu ekonomii politycznej komunikowania
Bloody spectacle: war on terror - the political economy of communication approach

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to analyze so-called war on terror from the perspective of the political economy of communication. The author starts with a story about Osama bin Laden's death in Abbottabad (Pakistan), including sometimes shameful reaction on it (a specially in the United States). Then this paper addresses major trends in the TV shows about war on terror - in the American 24 and Polish Misja Afganistan ("The Afghanistan Mission"). The next part of the article is devoted to a discussion of the phenomenon called WikiLeaks (a nonrofit organization that publishes submissions from anonymous whistleblowers) in the context of the Collateral Murder video of U.S. Helicopter and "Cablegate" scandal — the U.S. Diplomatic cables leak, scandal began in 2010, when WikiLeaks began releasing classified cables that had been sent to the U.S. State Department by hundreds of its embassies, consulates, and diplomatic missions around the globe. In the conclusion, the significance of the war on terror is highlighted, but the author is convinced, that this is a part of a broader process — United States is losing its superpower status and American establishment is influenced by military-industrial complex, so global war on terror could be eternal. The process of globalizing war on terror is proceeding rapidly - from the author's point of view this is highly dangerous.

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