War and the Media

Daya Kishan Thussu is Professor of International Communication and Co-Director of India Media Centre at the University of Westminster in London. A PhD in International Relations from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, he is the founder and Managing Editor of Global Media and Communication, a journal published by SAGE. He has authored and edited as many as 17 books. Among his key publications are: Mapping BRICS Media (co-edited with Kaarle Nordenstreng, 2015); Media and Terrorism: Global Perspectives (co-edited with Des Freedman, 2012); Internationalizing Media Studies (2009); News as Entertainment: The Rise of Global Infotainment (2007); Media on the Move: Global Flow and Contra-Flow (2007); International Communication: Continuity and Change, third edition (forthcoming); and Electronic Empires: Global Media and Local Resistance (1998). In 2014, he was honored with a “Distinguished Scholar Award” by the International Studies Association, a first for a non-Western scholar in the field of International Communication. Des Freedman is Professor of Media and Communications in the Department of Media, Communications and Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London. He is co-director of the Goldsmiths Leverhulme Media Research Centre and a founding member of the Media Reform Coalition.His publications include, as editor, Capitalism’s Conscience: 200 Years of the Guardian (Pluto, 2021) and, as author, The Contradictions of Media Power (Bloomsbury, 2014), The Politics of Media Policy (Polity 2008), Misunderstanding the Internet (Routledge, 2016, co-authored with James Curran and Natalie Fenton) and The Media Manifesto (Polity, 2020, co-authored with Natalie Fenton, Justin Schlosberg and Lina Dencik). He has co-edited books on a wide range of themes including media, racism and terrorism, the politics of higher education, media reform and the future of television.

"No book is more timely than this collection, which analyses brilliantly the Western media′s relentless absorption into the designs of dominant, rapacious power"- John Pilger "A most timely book, with many valuable insights"- Martin Bell O.B.E "It has long been known that the outcome of war is deeply influenced by the battle to win ′hearts and minds′. This book provides a stimulating set of perspectives which combine the analyses of prominent academics with the experiences of leading journalists"- Professor Tom Woodhouse, University of Bradford"This volume represents an all-star cast of authors who have a tremendous amount of knowledge about media and world conflict. One of its strengths is that it doesn′t focus entirely narrowly on media, but puts the discussion of media issues in the context of changes in the world order in military doctrine"- Professor Daniel C. Hallin, University of California"This book comes just in time. A coherent and wide-ranging collection of data, analyses and insights that help our understanding of the complex interaction between communication and conflict. A major intellectual contribution to critical thinking about the early 21st century"- Cees J. Hamelink, Professor International Communication, University of Amsterdam

• Introduction - Daya Kishan Thussu and Des FreedmanPART ONE: COMMUNICATING CONFLICT IN A GLOBAL WORLDContextualizing Conflict - Aijaz AhmadThe US `War on Terrorism′Watching What we Say - Ted MagderGlobal Communication in a Time of FearUnderstanding not Empathy - Jean SeatonPART TWO: NEW DIMENSIONS OF MANAGING CONFLICTInformation Warfare in an Age of Globalization - Frank WebsterThe Counter-Revolution in Military Affairs - John Downey and Graham MurdockThe Globalization of Guerilla WarfareSpinning the War - Robin BrownPolitical Communications, Information Operations and Public Diplomacy in the War on Terrorism`We Know Where You Are′ - Philip TaylorPsychological Operations Media During /f003Enduring FreedomPART THREE: REPORTING CONFLICT IN AN ERA OF 24//7 NEWSLive TV and Bloodless Deaths - Daya Kishan ThussuWar, Infotainment and 24//7 NewsIsrael//Palestinian Conflict - Greg Philo, Alison Gilmour, Susanna Rust, Etta Gaskell and Lucy WestTV News and Public Understanding Mapping the /f003Al-Jazeera/f001 Phenomenon - Noureddine MiladiPART FOUR: REPRESENTATIONS OF CONFLICT - 9//11 AND BEYONDWar and the Entertainment Industries - Jonathan BurstonNew Research Priorities in an Era of Cyber-PatriotismThe New Media Environment, Internet Chatrooms and Public Discourse After 9//11 - Bruce A WilliamsThe Media, `War on Terrorism′, and the Circulation of Non-Knowledge - Cynthia WeberIcons and Invisibility - Jayne RodgersGender, Myth, 9//11PART FIVE: CONFLICT AND THE CULTURES OF JOURNALISMJournalists under Fire - Howard Tumber and Marina PrentoulisSubcultures, Objectivity and Emotional LiteracyJournalists and War - Nik GowingThe Troubling New Tensions Post 9//11Conflict and Control-Afghanistan and the 24-hour News Cycle - Kieran BakerIn the Fog of War... - Yvonne RidleyNeed for Context - Gordon CoreraThe Complexity of Foreign Reporting