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This book identifies the history, conventions, and uses of security
discourses, and argues that such language and media frames distort
information and mislead the public, misidentify the focus of
concern, and omit narratives able to recognize the causes and
solutions to humanitarian crises. What has been identified as a
crisis at the border is better understood as an on-going crisis of
violence, building over decades, that has forced migrants from
their homes in the countries of the Northern Triangle. Authors
Robin Andersen and Adrian Bergmann look back to U.S. military
policies in the region and connect this legacy to the cross-border
development of transnational gangs, government corruption, and
on-going violence that often targets environmental and legal
defenders. They argue that the discourses of demonization and
securitization only help perpetuate brutality in both Central
America and the United States, especially in the desert borderlands
of the southwest. They offer ways in which stories of migrants can
be reframed within the language of justice, empathy, and
humanitarianism. A compelling examination of language, media, and
politics, this book is both highly contemporary and widely
applicable, perfect for students and scholars of global media,
political communications, and their many intersections.
In this moment of unprecedented humanitarian crises, the
representations of global disasters are increasingly common media
themes around the world. The Routledge Companion to Media and
Humanitarian Action explores the interconnections between media,
old and new, and the humanitarian challenges that have come to
define the twenty-first century. Contributors, including media
professionals and experts in humanitarian affairs, grapple with
what kinds of media language, discourse, terms, and campaigns can
offer enough context and background knowledge to nurture informed
global citizens. Case studies of media practices, content analysis
and evaluation of media coverage, and representations of
humanitarian emergencies and affairs offer further insight into the
ways in which strategic communications are designed and implemented
in field of humanitarian action.
This book identifies the history, conventions, and uses of security
discourses, and argues that such language and media frames distort
information and mislead the public, misidentify the focus of
concern, and omit narratives able to recognize the causes and
solutions to humanitarian crises. What has been identified as a
crisis at the border is better understood as an on-going crisis of
violence, building over decades, that has forced migrants from
their homes in the countries of the Northern Triangle. Authors
Robin Andersen and Adrian Bergmann look back to U.S. military
policies in the region and connect this legacy to the cross-border
development of transnational gangs, government corruption, and
on-going violence that often targets environmental and legal
defenders. They argue that the discourses of demonization and
securitization only help perpetuate brutality in both Central
America and the United States, especially in the desert borderlands
of the southwest. They offer ways in which stories of migrants can
be reframed within the language of justice, empathy, and
humanitarianism. A compelling examination of language, media, and
politics, this book is both highly contemporary and widely
applicable, perfect for students and scholars of global media,
political communications, and their many intersections.
In this moment of unprecedented humanitarian crises, the
representations of global disasters are increasingly common media
themes around the world. The Routledge Companion to Media and
Humanitarian Action explores the interconnections between media,
old and new, and the humanitarian challenges that have come to
define the twenty-first century. Contributors, including media
professionals and experts in humanitarian affairs, grapple with
what kinds of media language, discourse, terms, and campaigns can
offer enough context and background knowledge to nurture informed
global citizens. Case studies of media practices, content analysis
and evaluation of media coverage, and representations of
humanitarian emergencies and affairs offer further insight into the
ways in which strategic communications are designed and implemented
in field of humanitarian action.
Forged over the course of a century, the connections between war
and media run long and deep. As this book reveals, the history of
war and its telling has been a battle over public perception. The
selection of which stories are told and which are ignored helps
justify past battles and ensure future wars. Narratives of protest
and pain, defeat and suffering, guilt and abuse struggle to be
heard amid the empowering myths of war and heroism. As Robin
Andersen argues, the history of struggle between war and its
representation has changed the way war is fought and the way we
tell the stories of war. Information management, once called
censorship and propaganda, has developed in tandem with new media
technologies. Now, digital imaging creates virtual battlefields as
computer-based technologies transform the weapons of war. Along the
way, images on the nightly news, on movie screens, and in video
games have turned war into entertainment. In the grip of virtual
war, it is difficult to realize the loss of compassion or the
consequences for democracy.
This book analyses the HBO program Treme from multiple perspectives
and argues that the series' depictions of music, culture, cuisine,
and identity are innovative and represent unique televisual
storytelling strategies. The location, themes, and characters
create a compelling story arc, and highlight the city's culture and
cuisine, jazz musicians and musical performances, and Mardi Gras
Indians. The program challenges initial reporting of Hurricane
Katrina and in doing so rewrites the disaster myth coverage through
which the city has been framed. Recommended for scholars of
communication, media studies, music studies, and cultural studies.
On May 17, 1968, at the height of the Vietnam War, nine men and
women entered a Selective Service office outside Baltimore. They
removed military draft records, took them outside, and set them
afire with napalm.The Catholic activists involved in this protest
against the War included Daniel and Philip Berrigan; all were found
guilt of destroying government property and sentenced to three
years in jail. Dan Berrigan fled, and later turned himself in.The
Berrigans and their colleagues went on to lives spent struggling
against war, poverty, and injustice. And The Trial of the
Catonsville Nine became a powerful expression of the conflicts
between conscience and conduct, power and justice, law and
morality. Drawing on court transcripts, Berrigan wrote a dramatic
account of the trial and the issues it so vividly embodied. The
result is a landmark work of art that been performed frequently
over the past thirty five years, both as a piece of theater and a
motion picture.This new edition includes Berrigan's original
introduction, and additional materials by Robin Anderson and James
Marsh that bring its ideas and themes up to date against the
context of the war in Iraq."A wonderfully moving testament to nine
consciences." - Clive Barnes, The New York Times"One who wants to
know what an authentically Christian response to the questions of
our time is like would be wise to listen to Father Berrigan." -The
New York Review of Books
This book brings together an impressive collection of essays that explore the growing complexity, range, and reach of media commercialism in today's world. From the corporate conglomeration of today's media giants to the effects of advertising on politics, society, and the individual, this collection provides a comprehensive and insightful critique of both the impact and the limits of media commercialism.
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