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Handbook for Journalists

Paris: Reporters Without Borders;UNESCO (2010), 108 pp.

"This handbook is to help journalists working in war zones. There is no magic way to avoid a rocket attack or an ambush, but the tips here are based on common sense (which is too often ignored) and should help many journalists solve a lot of problems. We present basic press freedom documents, declar ... more

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Readings in Peace Journalism: Foundations - Studies - Perspectives

Wilhelm Kempf (ed.)

Berlin: Regener (2010), 203 pp.

"Since Galtung (1998) and Kempf (1996) outlined their first ideas of an alternative to conventional war reporting, their model(s) of “Peace Journalism” stimulated a broad debate among peace researchers and journalists, practical thought about how to achieve this type of journalism, and a large b ... more

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Médias et islamisme

Olfa Lamloum (ed.)

Beyrouth: Institut Français du Proche-Orient (Ifpo) (2010), 132 pp.

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Medien - Krieg - Geschlecht: Affirmationen und Irritationen sozialer Ordnungen

Martina Thiele, Tanja Thomas, Fabian Virchow (eds.)

Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften (2010), 363 pp.

"Die Bedeutung von Medien für den Krieg und das Gendering des Militärischen sind zwei seit langem kontrovers diskutierte Themen in den Medien-, Kultur- und Sozialwissenschaften. Weisen etablierte stereotype Bilder von friedfertigen Frauen und kriegerischen Männern in gegenwärtigen medialen Texte ... more

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The Encyclopedia of War Journalism: 1807 - 2010

Mitchel P. Roth

Amenia, NY: Grey House Publ., 2nd ed. (2010), xi, 635 pp.

"Up-to-date through 2010, this new second edition (formerly titled the Historical Dictionary of War Journalism) examines the development, history and current state of war journalism. From the Mexican War in 1846 to the current Conflicts in the Middle East and everything in between, this important re ... more

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The Neglect of Africa and the Power of Aid

Suzanne Franks

International Communication Gazette, volume 72, issue 1 (2010), pp. 71-84

"Using exclusive access to the BBC archive, the article examines how and why media coverage of Africa has been misleading and misinformed in the postcolonial period. It examines the extent to which the close relationship between media coverage and aid agencies has damaged the cause of informing the ... more

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Afghanistan, War and the Media: Deadlines and Frontlines

Richard Lance Keeble, John Mair (eds.)

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk: Arima Publishing (2010), x, 295 pp.

"This book explores the journalism coming out of the Afghan war from the frontline and from the greater comfort of the library. It is an unusual hybrid: the testimony of some of the best frontline correspondents of our era, much of it placed in appropriate historical contexts, alongside detailed aca ... demic analysis – and much more. It ranges from the poppy fields of Helmand province to New York via the Iraq War and the modern rebirth of “embedding”. It mixes action, reflection and analysis and focuses on some of under-reported groups such as women and the humanitarian effort in Afghanistan. It has its origin in a conference in Coventry in March 2010 put on as part of the university’s Coventry Conversations series (with financial support from the Pro Vice-Chancellor and the Dean of Business) in conjunction with the BBC College of Journalism and journalism.co.uk (the website forum for digitally active journalists). All of that conference can be seen and heard on bbc.co.uk/journalism and Coventry.ac.uk/itunesu. Many of the contributors to this book took part in that conference though some extra pieces have been specially commissioned. The war in Afghanistan will soon be coming up to its tenth anniversary. Operation Enduring Freedom started on 7 October 2001 as a response to the 9/11 al-Qaeda attacks on the Twin Towers in New York. Freedom in Afghanistan has far from endured in that decade. There are today 100,000-plus US troops, 10,000-plus British troops and 17,000 from ISAF allies – including Germany, France, Italy, Poland and Canada. US intelligence admit that there are now fewer than 100 al-Qaeda (the reason for invading in the first place) fighters left in the country and that the Taliban could fight on for ever. British Prime Minister David Cameron told the House of Commons on 14 June 2010 after his return from his first official visit to Afghanistan that it was only the presence of the ISAF troops that kept al-Qaeda from returning to Afghanistan in numbers. The West is fighting a phantom and desperately searching for an exit strategy. The trouble is they will leave behind an Afghan government scarred by illegitimacy, corruption and more. The Killing Fields will continue for a while yet. Journalism has escaped comparatively lightly – just nine Western journalists killed in Afghanistan since 2001. Like all big stories, this war has attracted the cream of British journalistic talent especially the broadcast reporters. TV awards have been won on the field of battle by the new Brahmins – the war corrs parachuted in and out of Helmand. The idea for the conference and for the book took hold when I judged the Royal Television Society News Programme of the Year Awards for 2009. All entries featured front line action from their stars. Many of them have contributed to this book." (Pages 3-4) more

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The War in Afghanistan and Peace Journalism in Practice

Rune Ottosen

Media, War & Conflict, volume 3, issue 3 (2010), pp. 261-278

"This article argues that Johan Galtung’s theory on peace journalism can serve as a fruitful supplement to theory-building in the field of war and peace journalism, and critically reviews the scholarly debate on peace journalism. By using examples from Norwegian media coverage of the war in Afghan ... more

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Peace Journalism, War and Conflict Resolution
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Richard Keeble, John Tulloch, Florian Zollmann (eds.)

New York: Peter Lang (2010), xi, 373 pp.

"Peace Journalism, War and Conflict Resolution draws together the work of over twenty leading international writers, journalists, theorists and campaigners in the field of peace journalism. Mainstream media tend to promote the interests of the military and governments in their coverage of warfare. T ... more

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The Anthropology of News & Journalism: Global Perspectives

S. Elizabeth Bird (ed.)

Bloomington: Indiana University Press (2010), viii, 328 pp.

"The Anthropology of News and Journalism is the first book to explore the role of news and journalism in contemporary culture from an anthropological perspective—as a form of cultural meaning-making in its creation, content, and dissemination. Anthropology's global, comparative perspective and eth ... more

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International News Reporting: Frontlines and Deadlines

John Owen, Heather Purdey (eds.)

Chichester: Wiley Blackwell (2009), xvi, 280 pp.

"A collection of essays by top international correspondants in print, broadcasting, and photojournalism, International News Reporting offers an introduction to journalism written by the people who have made the profession what it is today. Contributors identify the major areas of professional practi ... more

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Journalisten im Irak

Susanne Fischer

Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte, issue 46 (2009), pp. 33-38

"Der Krieg im Irak gilt seit Mai 2003 offiziell als beendet. In keinem anderen Land weltweit ist es aber noch immer so gefährlich, als Journalist zu arbeiten. Der Artikel geht der Frage nach, wie Journalisten die Herausforderungen bewältigen, die Krieg, Krise und Gewalt mit sich bringen." (Zusamme ... more

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Twenty-First Century Embedded Journalists: Lawful Targets?

W. Douglas Moore

Army Lawyer, issue July (2009), 32 pp.

"In light of the U.S. functionality test to Article 51(3), the role and use of today’s embedded journalist in international armed conflicts poses a direct threat to their civilian protections under Article 79 of Protocol I. Despite the fact that embedded journalism has helped to facilitate better ... more

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Peace Journalism in Times of War

Susan Dente Ross, Majid Tehranian (eds.)

New Brunswick; London: Transaction Publishers (2009), 156 pp.

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Citizen Journalism: Global Perspectives

Stuart Allan, Einar Thorsen (eds.)

New York: Peter Lang (2009), xii, 277 pp.

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Global Crisis Reporting: Journalism in the Global Age

Simon Cottle

Maidenhead: Open University Press (2009), xiv, 199 pp.

"Global Crisis Reporting: Journalism in the Global Age sets out to better understand the media’s role in the circulation and communication of these global challenges to humanity as well as the conflicts and contentions that surround them. Concerned as we are with crises that transcend national bor ... more

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News as Entertainment: The Rise of Global Infotainment

Daya Kishan Thussu

London: Sage (2009), ix, 214 pp.

"This first book-length study of infotainment and its globalization by a leading scholar of global communication, offers a comprehensive and critical analysis of this emerging phenomenon. Going beyond - both geographically and theoretically - the ‘dumbing down’ discourse, largely confined to the ... more

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Staying alive in the killing fields

Nick Pollard

British Journalism Review, volume 20, issue 1 (2009), pp. 27-32

"Reporting on wars has always been a risky business for journalists. But news organisations have transformed their approach to safety in recent years by ensuring that all their staff sent to the front line have as much training as possible to minimise their chances of becoming victims of the conflic ... more

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Media Under Fire: Press Freedom Lockdown in Sri Lanka

Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS) (2009), 26 pp.

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The Handbook of Journalism Studies
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Karin Wahl-Jorgensen, Thomas Hanitzsch (eds.)

New York: Routledge (2009), xx, 446 pp.

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