Skip to content

War Correspondent

Best in textbook rentals since 2012!

ISBN-10: 0745314449

ISBN-13: 9780745314440

Edition: 2002

Authors: Greg McLaughlin

List price: $33.00
Blue ribbon 30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!
Out of stock
We're sorry. This item is currently unavailable.
what's this?
Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:
Carrot Coin icon
XP icon
You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Drawing on interviews with war reporters such as Maggie O'Kane, John Pilger and Christiane Amanpour, this work looks at the changing nature of war reportage, including transformations in technology, the gender profile and the star system.
Customers also bought

Book details

List price: $33.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Pluto Press
Publication date: 5/20/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Acknowledgements
The War Correspondent in History
Introduction
The War Correspondent
Motivation
Tradition
Concluding Remarks
From Telegraph to Satellite: The Impact of Media Technology on War Reporting
The Telegraph
Photography
Newsreel Film
Radio
Television
Satellite, cable and the digital information age
Concluding Remarks
The War Correspondent in the War Zone
Journalists in the War Zone: From Crimea to Korea
The Crimean War, 1854-56
The American Civil War, 1861-65
From the 'Golden Age' to World War, 1865-1914
The Second World War, 1939-45
The Korean War, 1950-53
Concluding Remarks
Journalists and the Military since Vietnam
The Vietnam War, 1965-75
The Falklands War, 1982
Direct censorship and control of the news media by the MoD in the South Atlantic
Restraints imposed by the lobby briefing system
Self-censorship by journalists
Implications
The American Invasion of Grenada, 1983
The American Invasion of Panama, 1989
The Persian Gulf War, 1991
The news pools
The briefings and news conferences
Media responses to Iraqi propaganda in the Persian Gulf War
Bosnia and the 'Embedded Media'
Concluding Remarks
Lessons Learned? The Media, the Military and the Kosovo Crisis
Bombing Iraq, 1998
Bombing Serbia, 1999
Claim and counterclaim: TV news assesses the evidence
Concluding Remarks
The War Correspondent in Crisis
Reporting the Cold War and the New World Order
The Cold War and the Enemy Image
Reporting nuclear disarmament and the peace movement
The impact of glasnost and perestroika on the enemy image
News in a Post-Cold War Era: A Crisis in the Journalistic Framework
'Don't tread on us'
Concluding Remarks
War, Objectivity and the Journalism of Attachment
'The Facts Belong to History': Objectivity and its Origins
Objectivity Under Fire
War and the New Journalism
'A Twisted Sort of Therapy': The Journalism of Attachment Critique
'Honest Journalism' and the 'Attitude of Clarity'
Concluding Remarks
'Something Must Be Done' Journalism
Media Attention
Media Influence on Policy-Making
Information and Information Management
Concluding Remarks
Conclusions
Conclusion
Recommendations to News Organisations for Journalists' Safety
Surviving Hostile Regions
MoD Green Book Rules for Media Reporting
US Military Ground Rules for Media Reporting of the Persian Gulf War
Notes
Bibliography
Index