The media of conflict : war reporting and representations of ethnic violence / edited by Tim Allen and Jean Seaton.

Other author Allen, Tim.
Other author Seaton, Jean.
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Zed Books ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA by St. Martin's Press, 1999.
Description312 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects
War in mass media.
Mass media and ethnic relations.

Contents pt. 1. War, ethnicity, media. Perceiving contemporary wars / Tim Allen -- The new 'ethnic' wars and the media / Jean Seaton -- Ethnic pervasion / Richard Fardon -- 'Who's it between?' 'Ethnic war' and rational violence / David Keen -- A duty of care? Three Granada Television films concerned with war / Peter Loizos -- pt. 2. Manipulation and limits: media coverage of the Gulf War, 1990-91 / Fred Halliday -- Ethnicity and reports of the 1992-95 Bosnian conflict / Marcus Banks and Monica Wolfe Murray -- Culture, media and the politics of disintegration and ethnic division in former Yugoslavia - Spyros A. Sofos -- Nationalism, ethnic antagonism and mass communications in Greece / Roza Tsagarousianou -- Deconstructing media mythologies of ethnic war in Liberia -- Philippa Atkinson -- 'The war in the North': ethnicity in Ugandan press explanations of conflict, 1996-97 / Mark Leopold -- Representing violence in Matabeleland, Zimbabwe: press and internet debates / Jocelyn Alexander and JoAnn McGregor -- Media ethnicization and the international response to war and genocide in Rwanda / Mel McNulty -- Misrepresenting Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa? Constraints and dilemmas of current reporting / David Styan.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN1856495698 (cased)
ISBN1856495701 (limp)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks PN4784.W37 M43 1999 ✔ Available Place Hold