Fixing stories : local newsmaking and international media in Turkey and Syria / Noah Amir Arjomand, Indiana University.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Arjomand, Noah Amir, author.

Series:

Global Middle East (Cambridge, England) ; 19.

The global Middle East ; 19

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foreign news.

Reporters and reporting--Syria.

Reporters and reporting--Turkey.

Foreign news--Syria--21st century.

Foreign news--Turkey--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 355 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2022.

Summary:

News 'fixers' are translators and guides who assist foreign journalists. Sometimes key contributors to bold, original reporting and other times key facilitators of homogeneity and groupthink in the news media, they play the difficult but powerful role of broker between worlds, shaping the creation of knowledge from behind the scenes. In Fixing Stories, Noah Amir Arjomand reflects on the nature of news production and cross-cultural mediation. Based on human stories drawn from three years of field research in Turkey, this book unfolds as a series of narratives of fixers' career trajectories during a period when the international media spotlight shone on Turkey and Syria. From the Syrian Civil War, Gezi Park protest movement, rise of authoritarianism in Turkey and of ISIS in Syria, to the rekindling of conflict in both countries' Kurdish regions and Turkey's 2016 coup attempt, Arjomand brings to light vivid personal accounts and insider perspectives on world-shaking events alongside analysis of the role fixers have played in bringing news of Turkey and Syria to international audiences.

Contents:

Cover

Half-title

Reviews

Series information

Title page

Copyright information

Dedication

Contents

List of Figures &amp

Tables

Acknowledgments

Introduction: A Tale of Two Fixers

Part I Beginnings

Noah

Between Worlds

Orhan

Nur

Karim

Habib

Elif

Order and Chaos

Part II Fitting In

Are Fixers Journalists?

Elif and José

Elif and Burcu

Nur and lsmet

The Fixer's Paradox

Part III Moral Worlds of Ambivalence and Bias

A Fragmented World

Burcu

José and Zeynep

Aziz

Unifying Worlds

Part IV Translations

Communication as Information

Zeynep

Solmaz

Michael and Noah (Day 1)

Michael and Noah (Day 2)

Michael and Noah (Day 3)

The Chains of Narrative

Part V From Local to Global

Strategic Ambiguity

Leyla and Aziz

Burcu, Elif, and Solmaz

Karim and Habib

José

Temel and Noah

Coda: Filling in the Blanks

Appendix: Sociological Fiction

Truth and Fiction

Step One: Compression

Step Two: Remixing

Checking the Truth of Fiction

The Composite Compromise

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 21 Mar 2022).

Other Format:

Print version: Arjomand, Noah Amir Fixing Stories

ISBN:

1-009-05881-9

1-009-04933-X

1-009-05901-7