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[ecrea] New book: Disasters and the Media

Fri May 04 09:20:21 GMT 2012



Colleagues may be interested in the latest title in the Global Crises and the Media Series:

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Disasters and the Media*

*by Pantti, Mervi / Wahl-Jorgensen, Karin / Cottle, Simon*

New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2012. XII, 235 pp. Global Crises and the Media. Vol. 7 General Editor: Simon Cottle*, *Print: ISBN 978-1-4331-0825-9 pb. SFR 35.00 / EUR* 28.20 / EUR** 29.00 / EUR 26.40 / £ 24.00 / US$ 36.95

Order online: www.peterlang.com <http://www.peterlang.com>

This book offers unique insights into how news media today make disasters culturally meaningful and politically important, drawing on cutting-edge theoretical work and recent examples. It looks at how globalisation is affecting the meanings of disaster but also considers the continued relevance of nations and their citizens as interpretive frameworks. It examines how journalists' witnessing of disasters is changing in response to new technologies, including social media, and how the ideal of objectivity might be challenged by new, more emotional and more compassionate forms of story-telling premised on an injunction to care. Ultimately, the book calls attention to the media possibilities for addressing disasters as global social, political, cultural and economic events in which we all have a stake.

Further details: http://www.peterlang.com/download/datasheet/54189/datasheet_310825.pdf




Simon Cottle


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