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 book'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. '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, amongst others. Special attention is devoted to
considering recent changes in journalistic forms and practices, and
the ways in which they are shaping the visual culture of war. Taken
together, the book's chapters raise important questions about the
very future of journalism during wartime, questions which demand
public dialogue and debate. news journalism, as well as for
researchers, teachers and practitioners in the field. Stuart Allan,
Patricia Aufderheide, Michael Bromley, Oliver Boyd-Barrett, Susan
L. Carruthers, Nick Couldry, John Downey, Adel Iskandar, Mohammed
el-Nawawy, Philip Hammond, Richard Keeble, Douglas Kel
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