The War Correspondent - Couverture souple

McLaughlin, Greg

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0745314449 ISBN 13 : 9780745314440

Editeur : Pluto Press, 2002

Synopsis

The War Correspondent looks at the role of the war reporter today in context with contemporary issues: the perks and the risks of the job; the tendency for western journalists to take sides in civil conflicts like Bosnia and Kosovo; the media politics of international intervention in humanitarian crises; the seductive power of military 'public relations'; and of course the commercial and technological pressures of an intensely concentrated, competitive news media environment. The book features interviews with prominent war and foreign correspondents such as John Pilger, Robert Fisk, Maggie O'Kane and Christiane Amanpour A special case study in military-media relations during NATO's bombing of Serbia/Kosovo in 1999 suggests that in spite of widespread passivity among the correspondents who attended the daily briefings in Brussels, some sections of the news media were at least prepared to ask some hard questions of NATO strategy and policy. Greg McLaughlin argues that the future for war reporting and foreign correspondence will be determined not so much by professional imperatives but by military pressures and market forces outside the control of the journalist. The self-serving myth that war stories are no longer what 'consumers' want disguises the reality that foreign news is becoming too expensive to produce. Unless 'our boys' are directly involved in combat, wars and rumours of wars will continue to slip down the media agenda as 'the rest of the day's news'.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Greg McLaughlin is Lecturer in Media Studies at the University of Ulster (Coleraine Campus). His research interests are in journalism studies, particularly the role of the news media in war and conflict.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pluto Press
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0745314449
• ISBN 13: 9780745314440
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible