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War and media : the emergence of diffused war
Andrew Hoskins,Ben O'Loughlin +1 more
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In this paper, the two phases of mediatization and radicalization of radicalization are discussed, and the media enable or restrict compassion in war images, as well as the diffusion of media and memory.Abstract:
Introduction: Diffused war ; The two phases of mediatization ; Conclusion -- Images: Introduction : do images of war show or hide? ; Photograph and flux ; mediality ; Emergence ; Saddam Hussein's execution ; Conclusion -- Compassion: Introduction : what is compassion fatigue? ; Why news values keep some stories off the radar ; Exploring spectator-sufferer relations ; How do media enable or restrict compassion? ; Conclusion -- Witness: Introduction ; Representation and the truth of war ; Witnessing ; Conclusion -- Genocide: Introduction ; Premediation and the Holocaust ; Media templates ; The Trnopolje Camp images ; Towards an ethics of images ; Emergence -- Memory: The diffusion of media and memory ; The second memory boom ; Media and Holocaust memory ; From witness to embodied memories ; The third memory boom -- Vectors: Vectors and globalization ; Controlling vectors ; Emergent vectors ; Conclusion -- Radicalization: The mediatization of radicalization ; Diffuse relations between cause and effect ; Uncertainty for policymakers and journalists enables "hypersecurity" to emerge ; Conclusion -- Legitimacy: Introduction : legitimacy, representation, discourse ; The power of representations ; Diffuse war axes of representation ; Translation and legitimacy ; Conclusion -- Methods: Identifying effects amid ubiquitous media ; How do we analyse media practices? ; How do we analyse discursive linking : nexus analysis ; Conclusionread more
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