Shooting the messenger :: the political impact of war reporting /

As the literature on military-media relations grows, it is informed by antagonism either from journalists who report on wars or from ex-soldiers in their memoirs. Academics who attempt more judicious accounts rarely have any professional military or media experience. A working knowledge of the opera...

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1. Verfasser: Moorcraft, Paul L.
Weitere Verfasser: Taylor, Philip M.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, ©2008.
Ausgabe:1st ed.
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Zusammenfassung:As the literature on military-media relations grows, it is informed by antagonism either from journalists who report on wars or from ex-soldiers in their memoirs. Academics who attempt more judicious accounts rarely have any professional military or media experience. A working knowledge of the operational constraints of both professions underscores Shooting the Messenger. A veteran war correspondent and a think tank director, Paul L. Moorcraft has served in the British Ministry of Defence, while historian-by-training Philip M. Taylor is a professor of international communications who has lectured widely to the U.S. military and at NATO institutions. Some of the topics they examine in this wide-ranging history of military-media relations are: - the interface between soldiers and civilian reporters covering conflicts - the sometimes grey area between reporters' right or need to know and the operational security constraints imposed by the military - the military's manipulation of journalists who accept it as a trade-off for safer battlefield access - the resultant gap between images of war and their reality - the evolving nature of media technology and the difficulties-and opportunities-this poses to the military - journalistic performance in reporting conflict as an observer or a participant. Moorcraft and Taylor provide a bridge over which each side can pass and a path to mutual understanding.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xv, 318 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-301) and index.
ISBN:9781612343150
1612343155

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