"How was the war in Bosnia reported on television in countries as diverse as Algeria, Croatia, Turkey, Slovenia and the USA? What role did TV news play in the formation of public opinion and government policy about Bosnia? What role should it have played? 'Bosnia by Television' is one of the first a
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cademic analyses of the inter-relationship of television news and the Bosnian conflict. A seires of essays answers the above questions through a variety of cultural and political perspectives, and contributors include media professionals and academics from thirteen countries." (Back cover)
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"Rebel Radio is the story of Radio Venceremos, one of the stations operated by guerillas during the decade-long civil war in El Salvador. It is told through the experiences of the men and women who worked for the station. As such, it is not just about radio, but about the daily lives of the guerilla
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s in the mountains of Morazán. It would make a great novel, but everything in this book actually happened. Originally published in Spanish in 1991, the book comes with eleven black and white photos and two maps. If you ever wondered what motivates people to operate radio stations in conditions of extreme danger, this book is for you." (Radio Netherlands Media Network 1996)
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"Dans les situations de crise, de troubles ou de guerre, la désinformation et la propagande ont toujours été utilisées pour mobiliser les foules et tromper l'ennemi. Mais, aujourd'hui, les médias sont devenus beaucoup plus sophistiqués qu'autrefois, et le bourrage de crâne a fait place à de
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véritables médias tueurs. En Afrique, au Moyen-Orient ou dans les républiques de l'ex-Union soviétique, des organes de presse sont directement utilisés pour lancer des appels à la haine et à la violence. Au Rwanda, la tristement célèbre Radio des Milles Collines a ainsi préparé et accompagné le génocide, n'hésitant pas à appeler à remplir les fosses encore à moitié vides. Les miliciens, une radio dans une main, une machette dans l'autre, ont été les auditeurs les plus fidèles de cette véritable machine de mort. Devant la montée de ces médias de la haine, Reporters sans frontières, une organisation de défense de la liberté de la presse dans le monde, a envoyé des journalistes dans une dizaine de pays (Rwanda, Burundi, Niger, ex-Yougoslavie, Roumanie, Crimée, Caucase, Israël-Palestine, Égypte), pour comprendre pourquoi et comment fonctionnent ces journaux et ces radios. Pour les dénoncer, et obtenir leur mise hors-la-loi. Ce lïvre devrait permettre au grand public de savoir qui sont les journalistes de ces médias, qui les contrôle, qui les finance et, surtout, quels ravages ils sont susceptibles de provoquer si rien n'est entrepris pour les combattre." (Description de la maison d'édition)
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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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"The 'Uncensored War' gives a richly detailed account of what Americans read and watched about Vietnam. Hallin draws on the complete body of the New York Times coverage from 1961 to 1965, a sample of hundreds of television reports from 1965-73, including television coverage filmed by the Defense Dep
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artment in the early years of the war, and interviews with many of the journalists who reported it, to give a powerful critique of the conventional wisdom, both conservative and liberal, about the media and Vietnam. Far from being a consistent adversary of government policy in Vietnam, Hallin shows, the media were closely tied to official perspectives throughout the war, though divisions in the government itself and contradictions in its public relations policies caused every administration, at certain times, to lose its ability to "manage" the news effectively. As for television, it neither showed the "literal horror of war," nor did it play a leading role in the collapse of support: it presented a highly idealized picture of the war in the early years, and shifted toward a more critical view only after public unhappiness and elite divisions over the war were well advanced." (Publisher description)
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"Hooper, an officer in the British Royal Marines, bases his study largely on first-hand research consisting of personal observation of the news process in the press, radio and television, interviews with various personalities in the military and the media, and visits to a number of military establis
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hments to see what they teach about the media. From this he has culled case studies of the news process as practiced in print and broadcast news; a review of the current depth of knowledge which journalists and military personnel possesses of the other; an analysis of the portrayal of the military on television; and a study of the reporting of conflict which includes an examination of some examples from the Vietnam war, Northern Ireland and the Falkland crisis." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 196)
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"The title indicates the scope of this excellent history of the war correspondent, including photographers, as Knightley traces him (and a few hers) from the beginning of this type of journalism in the Crimes in the 1850s to the war in Vietnam over a century later. In between he covers various wars,
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little and big, in various parts of the world. He describes not only the correspondents but also the political and ideological climate that produced and set the course of the particular war, and analyzes the media coverage. This is useful not only for research and reference, but also as history. In addition it makes fascinating reading, although some parts are true horror stories which can be hard to take. There are 12 pages giving numerous sources, a bibliography and an index. The 1982 edition omits two chapters in the 1975 edition on the Boer War and on Algeria." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 235)
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"A meticulous and well-organized source, this international bibliography has withstood the ravages of time. It now serves as a useful historical guide to international news from the early 1900s to the beginning of World War II. Documents, books, pamphlets, magazines articles, and studies are include
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d in sections labeled either "International News" or "Foreign Press," and then arranged in chapters such as "Washington Correspondence," "Foreign Correspondence," "Censorship," "Press Law," "News Gathering Organizations," and "Press and Public Opinion." Descriptively annotated entries are listed alphabetically by author. Foreign press entries are arranged geographically by continent, then country. There is only an author index; fortunately the table of contents is detailed." (Jo A. Cates: Journalism - a guide to the reference literature. Englewood, Col.: Libraries Unlimited, 2nd ed. 1997 nr. 82)
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