"Reporting War explores the social responsibilities of the journalist during times of military conflict. News media treatments of international crises, especially the one underway in Iraq, are increasingly becoming the subject of public controversy, and discussion is urgently needed. Each of this bo
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ok's contributors challenges familiar assumptions about war reporting from a distinctive perspective. An array of pressing issues associated with conflicts over recent years are identified and critiqued, always with an eye to what they can tell us about improving journalism today. Special attention is devoted to recent changes in journalistic forms and practices, and the ways in which they are shaping the visual culture of war, and issues discussed, amongst many, include: "the influence of censorship and propaganda, 'us' and 'them' news narratives, access to sources, '24/7 rolling news' and the 'CNN effect', military jargon (such as 'friendly fire' and 'collateral damage'), 'embedded' and 'unilateral' reporters, tensions between objectivity and patriotism." (Publisher description)
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"International media coverage of the war in Iraq provoked public scrutiny as well debate amongst journalists themselves. Media at War offers a critical overview of the coverage in the context of other preceding wars, including the first Gulf War, and opens up the debate on the key questions that eme
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rged during the crisis. For example, - What did we actually gain from 'live, on the spot' reporting? - Were journalists adequately trained and protected? - How compromised were the so-called 'embedded' journalists? Tumber and Palmer's analysis covers both the pre-war and post war phase, as well as public reaction to these events, and as such provides an invaluable framework for understanding how the media and news organisations operated during the Iraq Crisis." (Publisher description)
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"The news media have become the central arena for political conflicts today. It is, therefore, not surprising that the role of the news media in political conflicts has received a good deal of public attention in recent years. Media and Political Conflict provides readers with an understanding of th
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e ways in which news media do and do not become active participants in these conflicts. The author's 'political contest' model provides an alternative approach to this important issue. The best way to understand the role of the news media in politics, he argues, is to view the competition over the news media as part of a larger and more significant contest for political control. The book is divided into two parts. While the first is devoted to developing the theoretical model, the second employs this approach to analyse the role of the news media in three conflicts: the Gulf war, the Palestinian intifada, and the attempt by the Israeli right wing to derail the Israeli-Palestinian peace accord." (Back cover)
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"This new theory of transmission extends its vision beyond the boundaries of television to the still-shifting territories of interactive media. The chapters in Transmission investigate the impact of video and interactivity and virtual reality on the social, cultural, and economic environment of tele
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vision. Comparing the recent past with the present–and the immediate future–this groundbreaking work examines aesthetic values as they are shaped by gender, race, and class issues. Since video looks at how television (mis)represents culture, Transmission examines the effects of communication tools and technologies on its participating constituents." (Publisher description)
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"Nicht nur Medienkonsumenten, auch Redakteure und Journalisten fanden sich während des Golfkrieges in einem Mediengefängnis wieder, in dem sich mensch vollkommen eingenebelt fühlte und nicht mehr wußte, "wo es lang ging". Während er den Krieg scheinbar live am Bildschirm miterleben konnte, muß
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te mensch die Erfahrung machen, daran ausgeliefert zu sein, trotz aller Versuche und Bemühungen, keine Informationen über die tatsächlichen Hintergründe und Ereignisse des Krieges zu erhalten. Dabei begann die Desinformationskampagne nicht erst mit Inkrafttreten der Zensurbestimmungen Mitte Januar 1991, sondern die US-Regierung hat bereits in Vorbereitung auf den Krieg maßgebliche Informationen durch Zensur und Propaganda entstellt. Nach Einschätzung von Philip Knightley diente das Nachrichtenmanagement am Golf hauptsächlich drei Zielen: dem Feind Informationen vorzuenthalten, Unterstützung für den Krieg zu schaffen und die öffentliche Meinung über die Bedeutung des Krieges grundlegend zu verändern. In der Bundesrepublik, die am Golfkrieg zwar militärisch nicht beteiligt war, die ihn aber zu einem erheblichen Teil mitfinanzierte, kam diesem letztgenannten Ziel besondere Bedeutung zu. Tonangebende Politiker und Publizisten nutzten den Krieg, um die Debatte über die Neubegründung der Bundeswehr und über den Krieg als Mittel der Politik in Gang zu setzen. Das vorliegende Buch ist der medienpsychologischen Analyse der bundesdeutschen Golfkriegsberichterstattung gewidmet und untersucht, wie diese Neubewertung des Krieges durch die Berichterstattung am Golf vorbereitet wurde und welche Auswirkungen dies auf die Medienkonsumenten hatte." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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