| Description |
xliv, 234 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Polemics (Rowman and Littlefield, inc.)
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| Contents |
Dedication -- Introductory statement : On media responsibility / Walter Cronkite -- Foreword / Roland Schatz. |
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Introduction -- Opening salvo -- I : Warring with the coverage of war -- Attack--September 11, 2001 : from the news dissector's weblog ; Day video cameras were everywhere ; Flashback : before September 11 ; Global news we ignore can be fatal ; Death and civic renewal : from the news dissector's weblog ; Blow to the city ; Week seven : from the news dissector's weblog ; Turbanators and the terrorists--war crimes and media omissions : from the news dissector's weblog ; Week of the skeptics : from the news dissector's weblog ; Role of CNN ; Looking for light at a time of darkness : from the news dissector's weblog ; Return to normalcy? ; Project methodology ; War on terrorism ; Indian perspective on media coverage ; Terrorism is a term that requires consistency ; Government and the press--war-media connection ; Warning--media management now in effect : from the news dissector's weblog ; Information warriors : from the news dissector's weblog ; Is the media ready for a new war? ; Media war : the cultural dimension ; Cultural responses--music as media : from the news dissector's weblog ; Media, celebrity, and family ; Independent film and media coverage ; Cultural responses : humor ; Israel-Palestine ; Israel on receiving end of media's image of terror ; Media and the Middle East ; Tips for covering conflict ; Arab worldviews : U.S. alternative journalism ; Counseling journalists ; On asking for help ; Fast forward to summer : from the news dissector's weblog -- II. Monitoring media and promoting democracy -- World of media and media as a world ; Mediachannel.org and other ways to change the world ; One world under media ; Who sets the media agenda? ; Media monitoring. |
| Subject |
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 -- Mass media and the war.
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| ISBN |
0742531090 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0742531082 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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