The politics of war reporting : authority, authenticity and morality / Tim Markham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Markham, Tim, 1974- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War--Press coverage.

War.

War--Press coverage--History.

War correspondents--Professional ethics.

War correspondents.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (214 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press : Distributed to the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book challenges the assumptions that reporters and their audiences alike have about the way the trade operates and how it sees the world. It unpacks the taken-for-granted aspects of the lives of war correspondents, exposing the principles of interaction and valorisation that usually go unacknowledged. Is journalistic authority really only about doing the job well? Do the ethics of war reporting derive simply from the 'stuff' of journalism? The book asks why it is that the authoritative reporter increasingly needs to appear authentic, and that success depends not only on getting things right but being the right sort of journalist. It combines the critical sociology of Pierre Bourdieu and interviews with war correspondents and others with an active stake in the field to construct a political phenomenology of war reporting-the power relations and unspoken 'rules of the game' underpinning the representation of conflict and suffering by the media.

Contents:

Copyright; Contents; 1 Introduction: why use political phenomenology to analyse war reporting?; 2. Theoretical preliminaries; 3. Methodological issues; 4. Practical mastery of authority, authenticity and disposition; 5. Journalistic ethics and moral authority: being right, knowing better; 6. How do audiences live journalism?; 7. New developments in the field: brave new world or plus ça change?; 8. Conclusion: implications for war reporting, journalism studies and political phenomenology; Appendix: interviewee profiles; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Apr 2026).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-209) and index.

ISBN:

9781847797995

1847797997

9781781702642

1781702640

9781847794246

1847794246

OCLC:

818847554