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Author Fishman, Jessica M., author.

Title Death makes the news : how the media censor and display the dead / Jessica M. Fishman.

Publication Info. New York : New York University Press, [2017]
2017

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Description 1 online resource (210 pages) : illustrations
text rdacontent
computer rdamedia
online resource rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Death concealed: the picture problem -- "Cold bodies are hot stuff" -- Alternative images -- The industry's ample access -- Intentionally ambiguous images -- Layers of resistance -- Word versus image -- Death revealed: exceptions to the rule -- Pictures in the popular and patrician press -- Nationality and the "newsworthy" image -- Innocence and the "newsworthy" victim -- Mass tragedy and the biggest disasters -- The fantastic feats of some photos -- Victims seeking visibility -- In the end -- Appendix: defining a postmortem picture -- Notes -- Index -- About the author.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Death -- Press coverage.
Journalism -- Social aspects.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Fishman, Jessica M. Death makes the news : how the media censor and display the dead. New York : New York University Press, [2017] 9780814770757
ISBN 9780814770757 (cl : alk. paper)
9780814760451 (pb : alk. paper)
9780814785911 (e-book)

 
    
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