Conflict, Trauma and the Media: A Collection of Essays
Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing (2017), vi, 168 pp.
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ISBN 978-1-4438-7903-3
"This collection of essays explores the complicated relationship between the messengers bringing news of catastrophic upheaval and the recipients of that message. It concentrates on the journalists, photographers and film-makers, reflecting not only the motivations behind their work, but also the psychological consequences of witnessing extreme suffering. The audience interpret the news according to their circumstance, be it with anger sympathy or with compassion-fatigued indifference. The book explores that reaction, which is always more nuanced than anticipated. Finally, the modern communication circle is completed by exploring the potential of the media to diminish conflict. This is demonstrated by the media bringing together communities that are either geographically or historically divided." (Publisher description)
1 Introduction, 1
ENCODING
2 Banal Phenomenologies of Violence: Media Work Cultures and Audience Engagement with Distant Trauma / Tim Markham, 12
3 The Spectacle of a Hunger Strike: Guantanamo / Anita Howarth, 29
4 The Tradition of Hijacking: An Artistic Look at the Japanese Red Army / Valeria Mancinelli, 51
5 Trauma Reporting and its Impact on Journalists: A Case Study of Leading Chinese News Outlets / Zhen Troy Chen, 66
DECODING
6 Perceptions of Foreign Conflict: Reporting of the War in Gaza in 2014 / Emma Heywood, 88
7 "It makes me spit": The Public and Newspaper Reaction to the UK Government's Threat to Suppress the Daily Mirror in 1942 / Guy Hodgson, 107
8 Negotiating Identity Politics via Networked Communication: A Case Study of the Welsh Speaking Population in Patagonia, Argentina / Simon Gwyn Roberts, 128
9 A Voice for Peace: Young People in Northern Ireland Learn through Journalism / Fiona Wyton and David Baines, 147
ENCODING
2 Banal Phenomenologies of Violence: Media Work Cultures and Audience Engagement with Distant Trauma / Tim Markham, 12
3 The Spectacle of a Hunger Strike: Guantanamo / Anita Howarth, 29
4 The Tradition of Hijacking: An Artistic Look at the Japanese Red Army / Valeria Mancinelli, 51
5 Trauma Reporting and its Impact on Journalists: A Case Study of Leading Chinese News Outlets / Zhen Troy Chen, 66
DECODING
6 Perceptions of Foreign Conflict: Reporting of the War in Gaza in 2014 / Emma Heywood, 88
7 "It makes me spit": The Public and Newspaper Reaction to the UK Government's Threat to Suppress the Daily Mirror in 1942 / Guy Hodgson, 107
8 Negotiating Identity Politics via Networked Communication: A Case Study of the Welsh Speaking Population in Patagonia, Argentina / Simon Gwyn Roberts, 128
9 A Voice for Peace: Young People in Northern Ireland Learn through Journalism / Fiona Wyton and David Baines, 147
