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Journalism After September 11 (Communication and Society)
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Journalism After September 11 examines how the traumatic attacks of that day continue to transform the nature of journalism, particularly in the United States and Britain. It brings together an internationally respected group of scholars and media commentators to explore journalism's present and future, by engaging with such pressing issues as trauma, free speech, censorship, patriotism, impartiality, and celebrity. The book raises vitally important questions regarding what journalism can and should look like today. In providing answers it addresses topics such as: journalism and public life at a time of crisis; broadsheet and tabloid newspaper coverage of the attacks; the role of sources in shaping the news; reporting by global news media such as CNN; Western representations of Islam; current affairs broadcasting; news photography and trauma; the emotional well-being of reporters; online journalism; as well as a hots of pertinent issues around news, democracy and citizenship. Stuart Allan, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK, S. Elizabeth Bird, University of South Florida, USA, Michael Bromley, Cardiff University, UK, James W. Carey, Univ
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #306038 in Books
- Published on: 2002
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 288 pages
Editorial Reviews
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'This is not a book just for journalists but for everyone concerned about democracy, freedom of speech and our future. Distinguished contributors from all over the English-speaking world tackle the crucial question: what did the media's reaction to 11 September tell us about modern media itself? All the ideological assumptions-voluntary censorship, market logic, journalistic patriotism, big corporation dominance - are dissected and those that do not stand up are ruthlessly buried. Is this important? Of course it is. As Victor Navasky reminds us in his introduction: it is based largely on journalism that a nation makes up its mind.' - Phillip Knightley, author of The First Casualty
'The best critique yet of how the media responded to September 11 2001. An eclectic group of seasoned media operatives offer real insight into the challenges, compromises, successes and failures of the coverage that flowed from the attack on the Twin Towers in New York.' - Jon Snow, Channel 4 News
About the Author
Stuart Allan, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK, S. Elizabeth Bird, University of South Florida, USA, Michael Bromley, Cardiff University, UK, James W. Carey, University of Columbia, USA, Simon Cottle, Bath Spa University College, UK, Stephen Cushion, Robert W. McChesney, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, Jay Rosen, New York University, USA, Michael Schudson, Harvard University, USA, Annabelle Sreberny, University of Leicester, UK, Howard Tumber, City University, London, UK, Ingrid Volkmer, University of Augsburg, Germany, Silvio Waisbord, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA, Barbie Zelizer, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Customer Reviews
An interesting and insightful read
This book provides as excellent critique of how the media responded to September 11, 2001. An analysis is made of the challenges, compromises, successes and failures of the media coverage that flowed from the attack on the Twin Towers in New York. Although I read this book as part of research for an undergraduate dissertation, it is worthwhile pointing out that this book is not just interesting to academics and journalists, but for all those interested in democracy, freedom of speech and our future.
The 14 chapters cover diverse topics such as journalism and patriotism, the physical and emotional welfare of journalists, photography, structural limitations of US journalism and online news of September 11. This book explains how the way the media reacted to September 11 tells us many things about modern media itself. Karim H. Karim provides an interesting insight into the centuries old geneology of the Muslim Other and Annabelle Sreberny’s chapter presents a fascinating insight into the manufacture of the collective ‘we’ used in journalism.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and would highly recommend it to anyone. Although questions are frequently made without providing answers, the chapters made me sit up and question what I see in news reports on television and read in newspapers, and realise that journalists can cleverly manipulate what the lay population generally considers to be objective fact. I now realise media should be analysed in a subjective manner, I hope this book will also make you think when you watch and read news reports with a new found critique and subjectivity.
urgh
this book was so boring! it was okay in the beginning... but the author just repeats the same thing over and over and over and over again even in different chapters... basically if you already know that media effected the trauma via photos and enticed emotions in viewers... dont bother reading this book.
