[ecrea] New book: New Wars, New Media and New War Journalism

New Book from NORDICOM



Stig A. Nohrstedt & Rune Ottosen:

New Wars, New Media and New War Journalism. Professional and Legal 
Challenges in Conflict Reporting

Nordicom, University of Gothenburg 2014, 223 p., ISBN 978-91-86523-96-1, 
Price: € 32





In this book, the authors discuss media coverage of major conflicts, 
from the Gulf War in 1990/91  to the NATO military operations in Libya 
in 2011 and the now ongoing civil war in Syria. Through in-depth 
analysis of Norwegian and Swedish media coverage of the Kosovo conflict 
in 1999, the Afghanistan War from 2001, the Iraq War from 2003 as well 
as more recent conflicts, the authors claim that legal issues are poorly 
covered in the running news coverage of major conflicts.


Underreporting of legal issues is especially problematic in relation to 
new forms of warfare involving extra-judicial killing by drones of 
targets in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen and Somalia. While historically 
Sweden and Norway have had different security policy orientations, the 
tendency is toward the two countries becoming more closely oriented 
through Nordic defense co-operation and participation in the wars in 
Afghanistan and Libya.


The authors criticize mainstream media for under-communicating what 
security risks this support for the regime change strategies pursued by 
the US/NATO in the so-called ‘global war on terror’ implies for the 
Nordic countries.


The book further discusses the challenges war and conflict reporting 
face when confronted with major security leaks through WikiLeaks and the 
classified information revealed by Edward Snowden.



Theoretically, the findings are related to the theories of threat 
society, new wars and risk-transfer warfare as well as to Johan 
Galtung’s theory of war and peace journalism. Analyses are inspired by 
critical discourse analysis as elaborated in Norman Fairclough’s and 
Ruth Wodak’s works.



For further information 
http://www.nordicom.gu.se/en/publikationer/new-wars-new-media-and-new-war-journalism



Best regards,



Ulla C.





Ulla Carlsson, Dr., Professor

Director

NORDICOM

University of Gothenburg

Box 713

SE 405 30 Göteborg

www.nordicom.gu.se











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