| Description |
ix, 227 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: Diffused war ; The two phases of mediatization ; Conclusion -- Images: Introduction : do images of war show or hide? ; Photograph and flux ; mediality ; Emergence ; Saddam Hussein's execution ; Conclusion -- Compassion: Introduction : what is compassion fatigue? ; Why news values keep some stories off the radar ; Exploring spectator-sufferer relations ; How do media enable or restrict compassion? ; Conclusion -- Witness: Introduction ; Representation and the truth of war ; Witnessing ; Conclusion -- Genocide: Introduction ; Premediation and the Holocaust ; Media templates ; The Trnopolje Camp images ; Towards an ethics of images ; Emergence -- Memory: The diffusion of media and memory ; The second memory boom ; Media and Holocaust memory ; From witness to embodied memories ; The third memory boom -- Vectors: Vectors and globalization ; Controlling vectors ; Emergent vectors ; Conclusion -- Radicalization: The mediatization of radicalization ; Diffuse relations between cause and effect ; Uncertainty for policymakers and journalists enables "hypersecurity" to emerge ; Conclusion -- Legitimacy: Introduction : legitimacy, representation, discourse ; The power of representations ; Diffuse war axes of representation ; Translation and legitimacy ; Conclusion -- Methods: Identifying effects amid ubiquitous media ; How do we analyse media practices? ; How do we analyse discursive linking : nexus analysis ; Conclusion |
| Summary |
This book offers a review of the key literature and presents a fresh approach to the understanding of the dynamic relationships between war and media |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-216) and index |
| Subject |
Digital media.
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Mass media and war -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Mass media and war.
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War in mass media.
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| Author |
O'Loughlin, Ben, 1976-
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| ISBN |
9780745638492 hardback |
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074563849X hardback |
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9780745638508 paperback |
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0745638503 paperback |
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