Digital War Reporting
Digital War Reporting by Donald Matheson, published by Polity on October 12, 2009, explores the complexities of war reporting in the digital age. This edition spans 218 pages and is presented in English. The book examines how emerging technologies transform the ways journalists report on warfare, highlighting both innovative methods of conveying the realities of conflict and the potential for propaganda and censorship.
Readers will find a thorough analysis of the evolving role of war reporters as digital tools become increasingly integral to journalism. The text delves into the rhetoric of war in digital journalism, discussing how concepts like liveness and immediacy influence public perceptions of warfare. Matheson also addresses the implications of technology on empathy and understanding between distant populations, supported by examples from various conflicts, including the Persian Gulf War and the events surrounding September 11.
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Digital War examines war reporting in a digital age. It shows how new technologies open up innovative ways for journalists to convey the horrors of warfare while, at the same time, creating opportunities for propaganda, censorship and control. Topics discussed include:
- How is the role of the war reporter evolving as digital technologies become ever more prominent?
- What is the rhetoric of war in digital journalism? How does an emphasis on liveness, immediacy or realness shape public perceptions of the nature of warfare itself?
- Is technology widening the gap between ?us? and ?them?, or are new kinds of empathy being established with distant others as time, space and place are effectively compressed?
A key focus is journalists? use of digital imagery, real-time video and audio reports, multimedia databases ? as well as satellites, broadband, podcasting, and mobile telephones ? in the reporting of a range of wars, conflicts and crises. The examples analysed range from 24-hour television news coverage of the Persian Gulf War, the first ?internet war? in Kosovo, digital photography, from September 11 to Abu Ghraib, and bloggers in Iraq, including journalists, soldiers and ordinary citizens.
Digital War is required reading for students, researchers and journalists.
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