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The Norwegian Media Image of the War in Afghanistan: Peacekeeping or Aggression?

Rune Ottosen

Conflict & Communication Online, volume 3, issue 1/2 (2014), 14 pp.

"This article analyzes the framing of Norwegian media coverage of the war against terror in Afghanistan with special emphasis on the coverage of the Norwegian military presence in Afghanistan. Norwegian forces became involved in a military intervention for the first time since the Second World War w ... hen ex-Yugoslavia was attacked in April 1999. At that time, Norway provided military support for the invasion and placed fighter planes and Norwegian pilots at the disposal of NATO. The war in Afghanistan represented an additional dimension, with Norwegian ground forces taking part in the hunt for al-Qaida fighters in the mountains of Afghanistan. The purpose of this article is to give a picture of Norwegian media coverage of the war in Afghanistan, with a special emphasis on the coverage of Norway's role in the conflict. As a small country with traditionally close relations to US, Norway had to balance, like many other small countries, between the need to uphold its traditional policy of complying with international law, and the desire to avoid provoking the USA with criticism and actions that could be regarded as disloyal and thus harm the bilateral relationship. This dilemma must also be seen as a problem for the mainstream media, which traditionally has been loyal to Norwegian security policy. Two main issues are discussed: 1. How was the start of the war covered in the media in October 2001? 2. In what context was the Norwegian military presence covered? The two newspapers analyzed are Aftenposten and VG. The choice of these two newspapers was made to include Norway's largest and potentially most influential morning paper (Aftenposten) and its largest tabloid, as well as largest newspaper (VG). Quantitative as well as qualitative methods are used to analyze the coverage. Both Aftenposten's and VG's coverage on the first day of the war in Afghanistan are dominated by pro-US framing and the use of Western sources. The pro-US framing is more obvious in Aftenposten than in VG. The editorial in VG was more unconditionally supportive than the editorial in Aftenposten. VG is also much clearer in its framing of Norway as a potential victim of future acts of terror. Norway's role as a potential military actor in the region is at this stage virtually absent in both newspapers. The legal aspects are mentioned in the two newspapers, though in a very superficial manner. Neither of the newspapers focuses on potential "hidden agendas" in their news coverage. No issue is made of the USA's potential global interests or the issue of controlling oil flows from the region. Aftenposten, in its coverage of an attack on a wedding party, treats this incident as "collateral damage" and in no way links it to Norway's military presence. Norway is simply a "loyal ally" receiving praise from the US for doing a "good job"." (Abstract) more

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Plötzliches Ende

Thomas Schuler

Message, issue 3 (2014), pp. 30-33

"Zu Recht stellt sich die mit viel Glamour gestartete Journalistenakademie Intajour als Erfolg dar. Aber warum wickelt Bertelsmann sie jetzt ab? Und warum verhindert das Medienunternehmen den Fortbestand als unabhängige Akademie?" (Seite 30)

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The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: War Coverage and Peace Journalism

Wilhelm Kempf, Dov Shinar

Berlin: Regener (2014), 362 pp.

"Using the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a natural laboratory for studying possibilities and limitations of constructive conflict coverage, the present book combines a longitudinal retrospective look at the coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with experimental research on audience reactio ... more

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Ten Books That Shaped the British Empire: Creating an Imperial Commons

Antoinette Burton, Isabel Hofmeyr (eds.)

Durham; London: Duke University Press (2014), ix, 283 pp.

"Combining insights from imperial studies and transnational book history, this provocative collection opens new vistas on both fields through ten accessible essays, each devoted to a single book. Contributors revisit well-known works associated with the British empire, including Charlotte Brontë's ... more

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E-storias d’igualdade

Ana Filipa Oliveira, Ana Grave, Ana Sofia Pinheiro, André Sá, Carla Cerqueira, Carlos Narciso et al.

Lisboa: ACEP Associação para a Cooperação Entre os Povos (2014), 48 pp.

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The Media in Europe's Small Nations

Huw David Jones (ed.)

Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing (2014), xi, 183 pp.

"What are the particular characteristics of the media in small nations? What challenges do broadcasters and other media institutions in these countries face, how can these be overcome, and are there advantages to operating in a small national context? How are small nations represented on screen, and ... more

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Afghanistan in the British Print Media Report

Sarah-Jane Cooper-Knock, Stuart Gordon, Jenny Humphreys et al.

London: British & Irish Agencies Afghanistan Group (BAAG) (2014), 34 pp.

"Understanding how the British media has framed British aid efforts to Afghanistan is imperative to successfully campaign for continued public support for the long term development of the country. This is especially important given the scheduled troop withdrawal in 2014, which many commentators have ... more

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'Intimacy at a Distance' in Humanitarian Communication

Shani Orgad, Bruna Irene Seu

Media, Culture & Society, volume 36, issue 7 (2014), pp. 916-934

"Based on analysis of 17 in-depth interviews with professionals in 10 UK-based international NGOs engaged in planning, designing and producing humanitarian communications, this article explores how intimacy figures in NGOs' thinking about and practice of humanitarian communication. Drawing on discus ... more

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Ringvorlesung Games: Retro-Games, Gamification, Augmented Reality

Markus Kaiser (ed.)

München: Hooffacker (2014), 128 pp.

"Chancen und Risiken von Computerspielen, Retro Gaming, Gamification, Sim Games und Augmented Reality: Im Wintersemester 2013/2014 haben sich Professorinnen und Professoren aus ganz Bayern an der ersten bayernweiten Ringvorlesung Games beteiligt. Der MedienCampus Bayern und Games/Bavaria haben für ... more

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Medios de proximidad: Participación social y políticas públicas

Manuel Chaparro Escudero (ed.)

Girona; Málaga: Luces de Gálibo;COMandalucia;iMEDEA (2014), 480 pp.

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Qualität der Fernsehberichterstattung über internationale Krisen und Konflikte: Ein Vergleich zwischen öffentlich-rechtlichen und privaten Nachrichtenanbietern

Ines C. Vogel, Karin Stengel, Marion Rahnke

Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft, issue 1 (2014), pp. 42-63

"Die vorliegende Inhaltsanalyse untersucht über drei Monate hinweg die Konfliktberichterstattung der Hauptnachrichtensendungen der vier reichweitenstärksten deutschen Fernsehsender (Das Erste, ZDF, RTL und Sat.1). Anhand von 444 Nachrichtenbeiträgen über internationale Konflikte und Kriege werde ... more

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Ibero-American Television Fiction Observatory Obitel 2014: Transmedia Production Strategies in Television Fiction

Maria Immacolata Vassallo de Lopes, Guillermo Orozco Gómez (eds.)

Porto Alegre: Sulina;Globo Comunicação e Participações (2014), 536 pp.

"The structure of this Yearbook is divided in three parts. The first part is an introduction chapter that makes a comparative synthesis of fiction in Obitel countries. This comparison is made from a quantitative and qualitative perspective that allows us to observe fiction development in each countr ... more

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Comunicação, desenvolvimento e sustentabilidade

Gisela Gonçalves, Ângela Felippi (orgs.)

Covilhã: Livros LabCom (2014), 196 pp.

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Investigatives Recherchieren

Johannes Ludwig

Konstanz: UVK, 3., völlig überarb. Aufl. (2014), 252 pp.

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Developing Media Diversity: Baseline Study of State Support for Independent Print Media in West Africa, South America and Scandinavia

Julia Plessing

Johannesburg: Association of Independent Publishers (AIP);Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2014), 37 pp.

"The practicability and effectiveness of state support schemes would have to be assessed on the basis of the economic and sociopolitical context in which the different types of support and subsidies are implemented. The expansive press subsidy schemes of Northern Europe cannot be directly compared t ... more

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Journalists and Media Accountability: An International Study of News People in the Digital Age

Susanne Fengler, Colin Porlezza, Gianpietro Mazzoleni, Tobias Eberwein (eds.)

New York et al.: Peter Lang (2014), vii, 313 pp.

"Do existing structures of media accountability - such as press councils, codes of ethics, and ombudspersons - suffice, or do we urgently need new instruments and initiatives in today's converging media world? These questions were tackled in an international survey of 1,800 journalists in twelve Eur ... more

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Kompendium Christliche Publizistik

Johanna Haberer, Friedrich Kraft (eds.)

Erlangen: Christliche Publizistik Verlag (CPV) (2014), 324 pp.

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Afrika 3.0: Mediale Abbilder und Zerrbilder eines Kontinents im Wandel

Veye Tatah et al.

Berlin; Münster: Lit (2014), 170 pp.

"Der zweitgrößte Kontinent mit seinen mehr als 50 Staaten und über einer Milliarde Menschen wird in den Medien oft pauschal gesehen. Regionale Krisensymptome werden auf ganz Afrika übertragen, die kulturelle Vielfalt und ökonomische Entwicklungen finden zu wenig Beachtung. Der vorliegende Band ... more

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CINELATINO 2014: Filme aus Lateinamerika und Spanien

Paulo Roberto de Carvalho

Tübingen: Filmtage Tübingen (2014), 68 pp.

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Digitale Illusio: Online-Journalisten in Argentinien, China, Deutschland und den USA

Alexis von Mirbach

Berlin; Münster: Lit (2014), 285 pp.

"Führen Globalisierung und Digitalisierung bei Journalisten zu einer weltweit einheitlichen Rollenvorstellung (= Illusio)? Rund 70 Leitfaden-Interviews mit Online-Journalisten zeigen das Fortbestehen nationaler und internationaler Unterschiede - aber auch eine klare Tendenz: Auf der Suche nach mög ... more