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Author Mortensen, Mette

Title Journalism and Eyewitness Images : Digital Media, Participation, and Conflict
Published London : Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (184 pages) : illustrations
Series Routledge Research in Journalism
Routledge research in journalism.
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Figures; Introduction: Eyewitness Images and Mediatized Conflict; 1 The Eyewitness in the Media; 2 Eyewitness Images as a Genre, Genres of Eyewitness Images; 3 Mediatized Conflict; 4 Counter-Images: Visual Censorship and the Challenges of Digital Media-The Snapshot of Fallen US Soldiers (2004) and the Bootleg Tape of Saddam Hussein's Hanging (2006); 5 The Unintentional News Icon: The Canonization and Political Mobilization of the Footage of Neda Agha Soltan in the Post-Election Revolt Iran (2009)
6 Metacoverage and Mediatized Conflict: WikiLeaks' Release of 'Collateral Murder' (2010) and the Transformation of the Information Flow7 Citizen Investigation and Eyewitness Images: The Boston Marathon Bombing (2013); Conclusion; References; Index
Summary Building on the vast research conducted on war and media since the 1970s, scholars are now studying the digital transformation of the production of news. Little scholarly attention has been paid, however, to non-professional, eyewitness visuals, even though this genre holds a still greater bearing on the way conflicts are fought, communicated, and covered by the news media. This volume examines the power of new technologies for creating and disseminating images in relation to conflicts. Mortensen presents a theoretical framework and uses case studies to investigate the impact of non-profession
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-179) and index
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Subject Journalism -- Technological innovations
Art -- Political aspects.
Art and society.
Online journalism.
Digital media.
political art.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology.
Art and society
Art -- Political aspects
Digital media
Journalism -- Technological innovations
Online journalism
Journalismus
Augenzeugenbericht
Neue Medien
Journalistik -- tekniska aspekter.
Konst och politik.
Konst och samhälle.
Journalistik online.
Digitala medier.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781134080434
1134080433