"This book focuses on the reporting of human rights in broadly defined times of conflict. It brings together scholarly and professional perspectives on the role of the media in constructing human rights and peacebuilding options in conflict and post-conflict environments, drawin…
Propaganda and persuasion -- Narratives of war -- The Spanish-American War : A splendid little war -- World War I : The War to End All Wars -- World War II : the survival war -- Korea : the never-ending war -- Vietnam : the Domino Theory falls -- The Persian Gulf War : kicking t…
The war correspondent -- Learning the trade -- Somewhere in Australia -- War in the fog and atolls : the Aleutians and beyond -- Betio : Red Beach two -- Saipan : Smith versus Smith -- Uncommon valor : Iwo Jima and the flag raising -- Okinawa : the final battle -- "Taps "In the…
This book focuses on the social process of conflict news production and the emergence of public discourse on war and armed conflict. Its contributions combine qualitative and quantitative approaches through interview studies and computer-assisted content analysis and apply a uni…
A biography of the war correspondent Marie Colvin. "When Marie Colvin was killed in an artillery attack in Homs, Syria, in 2012, at age fifty-six, the world lost a fearless and iconoclastic war correspondent who covered the most significant global calamities of her lifetime. In…
Reporting War and Conflict brings together history, theory and practice to explore the issues and obstacles involved in the reporting of contemporary war and conflict. The book examines the radical changes taking place in the working practices and day-to-day routines of war jour…
Introduction -- Risk and war journalism -- Bearing witness: morality, risk and war reporting -- Organisational and occupational risks and war reporting -- Technology and risk management: telegraph, telex and Twitter -- Media on the battlefield: risk and embedding -- Asymmetrical…
Tim Hetherington (1970-2011), one of the world's most distinguished and dedicated contemporary photojournalists, was killed while covering the Libyan Civil War. This book is a compelling portrait of Hetherington's life and career, exploring the risks, challenges, and thrills of …
Tim Hetherington (1970-2011), one of the world's most distinguished and dedicated contemporary photojournalists, was killed while covering the Libyan Civil War. This book is a compelling portrait of Hetherington's life and career, exploring the risks, challenges, and thrills of …
"Beachhead Don brings together the best work by one of the greatest of all American war correspondents, Donald Ford Whitehead. Whitehead was the Associated Press's man in Europe - covering men in battle from the deserts of North Africa and hilltops of Italy to the beaches of Nor…
"Broadcasting pioneers like Ed Murrow and Walter Cronkite, unpretentious reporters like Ernie Pyle, and dashing photographers like Robert Capa and Margaret Bourke-White are remembered for their courage and their willingness to put their lives on the line to record the sights and…
"Broadcasting pioneers like Ed Murrow and Walter Cronkite, unpretentious reporters like Ernie Pyle, and dashing photographers like Robert Capa and Margaret Bourke-White are remembered for their courage and their willingness to put their lives on the line to record the sights and…