Essays about: "War Journalism"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 26 essays containing the words War Journalism.

  1. 21. Media Wars: The Caliphate Strikes Back. Islamic State’s Propaganda Magazine Dabiq as a Possible Paradigm Shift in Visual War Reporting and Propaganda

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för Mellanösternstudier

    Author : Lukas Jürgen Herbers; [2016]
    Keywords : Islamic State; Dabiq; Propaganda; War; Journalism; Photography; Censorship; Bare Life; Habitus; Photojournalism; Daesh; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis analyses the history and usage of war photography and propaganda according to theories of their utilisation for the establishment of national narratives in times of war. While Western media and nations alike try to establish narratives of just war without loss of innocent people and own soldiers, the newly emerged terrorist group Islamic State indicates a paradigm change in the approach of graphic content as part of propaganda. READ MORE

  2. 22. The War Within : Battling Polarization, Reductionism, and Superficiality - A critical analysis of truth-telling in war reporting

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Centrum för tillämpad etik; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Mayli Mertens; [2015]
    Keywords : media ethics; responsible journalism; war reporting; truth; bias; objectivity; fairness; virtue ethics; phronesis; epistemic injustice; polarization; reductionism;

    Abstract : This thesis analyzes specific challenges concerning 'truth-telling' war reporters face when reporting on international conflict. For this purpose truth is examined in accordance with journalistic principles outlined in codes of ethics, with a focus on objectivity and fairness. READ MORE

  3. 23. A Critical Analysis on Media Coverage of the Egyptian Revolution : The Case of Al-Ahram, Al-Masry Al-Youm, The Telegraph and The Washington Post

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Ahmed Youssef; [2012]
    Keywords : Egyptian Revolution-Peace and War Journalism-Protest Paradigm;

    Abstract : The Egyptian protest movement which brought down the Egyptian regime headed by President Hosni Mubarak, not only gripped the minds and hearts of the Egyptians, but it captured the interest of the national and international media as well.   The research aims at answering questions related to the kind of frames employed in four newspapers; namely, Al-Ahram, Al-Masry Al-Youm, The Telegraph and The Washington Post, in light of the protest paradigm, in addition to the way the same four newspapers tried to explore and identify the characteristics of war and peace journalism, according to Galtung’s dichotomous model, not to mention to trace how the four newspapers in hand depicted the protesters. READ MORE

  4. 24. WAR/ PEACE JOURNALISM APPROACH IN VIETNAMESE ONLINE MEDIA COVERAGE OF SOUTH CHINA SEA DISPUTE : An analysis of Mediated Vietnamese Public Diplomacy Messages

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Thi Hong Nhung Bui; [2012]
    Keywords : Vietnam; public diplomacy; South China Sea; Vietnam; China; war journalism; peace journalism;

    Abstract : This research aims at examining the Vietnamese online media’s framing of conflict, thereby highlighting the outstanding characteristics of peace journalism and war journalism frames available in the media of an Asian peripheral country when it covers conflicts with other core, more powerful nations. The study is inspired from an overarching hypothesis of a possible junction between peace journalism and public diplomacy as relevant theories have it that they are basically identical in one sense: both representing a form of message which carries the note of peace-rebuilding, solution-orientated and mutual understanding in the war context. READ MORE

  5. 25. Networks and Weaponless Wars. Information Operations Content Dissemination via the Blogosphere

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Gustav Béen; [2011]
    Keywords : network theory; media strata; operations security; electronic warfare; PSYOPS; Info Ops; information operations; cyber war; psychological warfare; BlogTrackers; WWW; Internet; public opinion; mass media; influence; communications; influential bloggers; blog influence; blogosphere; bloggers; Blogs; social networks.; media readiness; participatory journalism; citizen journalism; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study advances a broad analytical perspective intended to critically evaluate the predominant definitions of information operations (IO). The prevalent concepts of IO are challenged due to their reliance on unidirectional communication flow models that cannot account for the characteristics of produsage media, nor the culturally specific, interpersonally contextualized sense making processes of reception. READ MORE