PERCEPTIONS OF NATIONAL SECURITY IN AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE
PERCEPTIONS OF NATIONAL SECURITY IN AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE

Summary/Abstract: The association between national security and pop culture might seem puzzling at first as the former category immediately brings to mind connections with fun and fiction, whereas the latter is linked with serious analyses and real-life relevance. Nevertheless, as this paper will show, exploring the complexity of American popular culture with regard to national security does prepare the ground for an interesting investigation. After all, media such as movies, video games and books represent great channels through which stereotypes about the activities carried out by intelligence and law enforcement agencies are reproduced, reshaped and reinforced among the general public. Popular representations of espionage, mass surveillance, terrorism or enhanced interrogation techniques are just a few examples that deserve to be analyzed as far as the discourse on national security is concerned. Therefore, it is the aim of this paper to look at some of the aspects related to national security through the lens of American popular culture.

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