"In this book, authors Howard Tumber and Frank Webster explore questions about Information War and journalistic practices. In the era of multi-national journalism, of the Internet and satellite videophone, the book highlights central features of media reporting in contemporary conflict. Drawing on more than fifty lengthy interviews with frontline correspondents, the authors shed light on the motivations, fears, and practices of those who work under conditions of journalism under fire." (Publisher description)
1 Introduction: a New Kind of War, 1
PART I: INFORMATION WAR
2 War in the Information Age, 11
3 From Industrial War to Information War, 28
4 American Exceptionalism, 45
PART II: FRONTLINE JOURNALISM
5 Who they are and why they do it, 61
6 On Assignment, 77
7 Working Relations, 89
8 Fixers and Translators, 106
9 Danger and Safety, 116
10 Training and Protection, 130
11 Coping with Fear and Danger, 142
PART III: CONCLUSION
12 Information War and Journalistic Practices in the 21st century, 157