War reporters under threat : the United States and media freedom / Chris Paterson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Paterson, Chris, 1963- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freedom of the press--United States.

Freedom of the press.

War correspondents--Protection.

War correspondents.

War correspondents--Civil rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, [England] : Pluto Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Combines critical scholarship with investigative journalism to examine the US government threat to journalists, a threat ignored or dismissed to date.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Preface

1. A Hidden War on the Media

2. The Culture of Press Intolerance: Collaboration and Suppression

3. Patterns of Violence: The Media Installation and the Media Worker

4. Media Response

5. Legality

6. Invisible Conflict?

Appendix 1: A Chronology of Attacks on Media Facilities and Personnel Linked to the US Government

Appendix 2: Media Safety and Media Freedom Organisations

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 28, 2014).

ISBN:

9781783710331

1783710330

9781783710324

1783710322

OCLC:

884585008