Mette Mortensen

Journalism and Eyewitness Images

Digital Media, Participation, and Conflict

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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-professional images with regard to essential issues in today¿s media landscape.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 399g
• ISBN-13: 9780415828499
• ISBN-10: 041582849X
• Artikelnr.: 41049444

Autorenporträt

Mette Mortensen is Associate Professor in the Department of Media, Cognition and Communication at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Inhaltsangabe

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 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 Flow 7. Citizen Investigation and Eyewitness Images: The Boston Marathon Bombing (2013) Conclusion