The war correspondent
By: Greg McLaughlin.
Publisher: Pluto Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: London; Sterling, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
Subjects: War -- Press coverage; War correspondents -- Interviews
Genres: Interviews.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-228) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: PART I: The War Correspondent in History; title: 1 Introduction 3; title: 2 The War Correspondent 6; title: Motivation 6 Tradition 19 Concluding Remarks 23; title: 3 From Telegraph to Satellite: The Impact of Media Technology on War Reporting 24; title: The Telegraph 25 Photography 29 Newsreel Film 34; title: Radio 35 Television 38 Satellite, cable and the digital information age 40 Concluding Remarks 44; title: PART II: The War Correspondent in the War Zone; title: 4 Journalists in the War Zone: From Crimea to Korea 47; title: The Crimean War, 1854-56 49 The American Civil War,1861-65 51; title: From the 'Golden Age' to World War, 1865-1914 54; title: The Second World War, 1939-45 63; title: The Korean War, 1950-53 68 Concluding Remarks 71; title: 5 Journalists and the Military since Vietnam 73; title: The Vietnam War, 1965-75 73 The Falklands War,1982 78; title: Direct censorship and control of the news media by the MoD in the South Atlantic 79; title: Restraints imposed by the lobby briefing system 79; title: Self-censorship by journalists 80; title: Implications 81; title: The American Invasion of Grenada, 1983 83; title: The American Invasion of Panama, 1989 86; title: The Persian Gulf War, 1991 88; title: The news pools 89; title: The briefings and news conferences 93; title: Media responses to Iraqi propaganda in the Persian Gulf War 95; title: Bosnia and the 'Embedded Media' 97; title: Concluding Remarks 99; title: 6 Lessons Learned? The Media, the Military and the Kosovo Crisis 103; title: Bombing Iraq, 1998 103; title: Bombing Serbia, 1999 108; title: Claim and counterclaim: TV news assesses the evidence 112; title: Concluding Remarks 122; title: PART III: The War Correspondent in Crisis; title: 7 Reporting the Cold War and the New World Order 127; title: The Cold War and the Enemy Image 131 Reporting; title: nuclear disarmament and the peace movement 134 The; title: impact of glasnost and perestroika on the enemy; title: image 137 News in a Post-Cold War Era: A Crisis in the; title: Journalistic Framework 141 'Don't tread on us' 150; title: Concluding Remarks 151; title: 8 War, Objectivity and the Journalism of Attachment 153; title: 'The Facts Belong to History': Objectivity and its; title: Origins 155 Objectivity Under Fire 161 War and the; title: New Journalism 163 'A Twisted Sort of Therapy': The; title: Journalism of Attachment Critique 166 'Honest; title: Journalism' and the 'Attitude of Clarity' 177 Concluding; title: Remarks 180; title: 9 'Something Must Be Done' Journalism 182; title: Media Attention 184 Media Influence on Policy-Making; title: 188 Information and Information Management 194; title: Concluding Remarks 196; title: PART IV: Conclusions; title: 10 Conclusion 201; title: Appendix 1 Recommendations to News Organisations for; title: Journalists' Safety 208; title: Appendix 2 Surviving Hostile Regions 209; title: Appendix 3 MoD Green Book Rules for Media Reporting 211; title: Appendix 4 US Military Ground Rules for Media Reporting; title: of the Persian Gulf War 212; title: Notes 213; title: Bibliography 219; title: Index 229.