War Correspondent

AvGreg McLaughlin

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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What is the role of the war reporter today? Through interviews with prominent war and foreign correspondents such as John Pilger, Robert Fisk, Mary Dejevsky and Alex Thomson The War Correspondent delves into the most dangerous form of journalism. From Crimea to Vietnam, the Falklands to the Gulf and Afghanistan, Iraq and the War on Terror, the books examines the attractions and risks of war reporting; the challenge of objectivity and impartiality in the war zone; the danger that journalistic independence is compromised by military control, censorship and public relations; as well as the commercial and technological pressures of an intensely concentrated, competitive news media environment. As history and ideology return to the reporting of international conflict, Greg McLaughlin asks what will that mean for a new generation of war correspondents, attuned not to history or ideology but to the politics of the next conflict.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-02-20
Mått:135 x 215 x undefined mm
Vikt:451 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:288
Upplaga:2
Förlag:Pluto Press
ISBN:9780745333199

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Greg McLaughlin is an Associate of the Centre for Media Research at Ulster University. He is the author of The War Correspondent (Pluto, 2nd edition; 2016), and co-author with Stephen Baker of The Propaganda of Peace: The Role of Media and Culture in the Northern Ireland Peace Process (2010) and The British Media and Bloody Sunday (2015).

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'At a time of heightened geopolitical tension, McLaughlin's study of the war correspondent is an important contribution to understanding the role of the journalist in war time. This revised edition is essential reading for students and researchers of conflict news'

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgementsAbbreviations1. IntroductionPart I: The War Correspondent in Historical Perspective2. The War Correspondent: Risk, Motivation and Tradition 3. Journalism, Objectivity and War4. From Luckless Tribe to Wireless Tribe: The Impact of Media Technologies on War ReportingPart II: The War Correspondent and the Military5. Getting to Know Each Other: From Crimea to Vietnam6. Learning and Forgetting: From the Falklands to the Gulf7. Goodbye Vietnam Syndrome: The Embed System in Afghanistan and IraqPart III: The War Correspondent and Ideological Frameworks8. Reporting the Cold War and the New World Order9. Reporting the ‘War on Terror’ and the Return of the Evil Empire10. Conclusions: ‘Telling Truth To Power’ – the Ultimate Role of the War Correspondent?Appendices NotesBibliography Index