War and the Media: Reporting Conflict 24/7
- ISBN-10
- 8178293331
- ISBN-13
- 9788178293332
- Series
- War and the Media
- Category
- Mass media and war
- Pages
- 268
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Author
- Daya Kishan Thussu
Description
With instant global communication and 24/7 rolling news, images of war and conflict fill television screens around the world. This book assesses the effects of 9/11 and its aftermath on the political, cultural and professional contexts of news. The volume explores media representations of the `War on Terrorism,`and looks at the emergence of new players such as Al-Jazeera. Other key themes include the blurring of information with entertainment, gender dimensions of news, and the role of new media technologies in communicating conflict.
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- 2009
- 259 pages
- Paperback
- McFarland Publishing
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