War stories the culture of foreign correspondents
<P>What are the influences on war correspondents as they report on events in war-torn countries? Mark Pedelty explores the lives, work and culture of the international press corps, examining the institutions, practices, myths, and rituals that shape the work of journalists everywhere. He looks...
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Formato: | Libro electrónico |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxfordshire, England ; New York :
Routledge
c1995.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009436338506719 |
Sumario: | <P>What are the influences on war correspondents as they report on events in war-torn countries? Mark Pedelty explores the lives, work and culture of the international press corps, examining the institutions, practices, myths, and rituals that shape the work of journalists everywhere. He looks at the context in which journalists construct their reports. By looking at how new stories are actually produced, the author highlights the elusiveness of the goal of ""objective"" journalism and illustrates how the biases of war correspondents are constrained by the powers of government and how these bi |
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Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (386 p.) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780415911245 9781135964405 9780203933817 9781135964412 |