基本説明
New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2009. From the Holocaust to 9/11, do mass media turn us all into witnesses? What might this mean? What is the truth status of 'media witnessing', and how does it depend on journalists and media organizations?
Full Description
From the Holocaust to 9/11, modern communications systems have incessantly exposed us to reports of distant and horrifying events, experienced by strangers, and brought to us through media technologies. In this book leading scholars explore key questions concerning the truth status and broader implications of 'media witnessing'.
Contents
Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction: Why Media Witnessing? Why Now? PART I: PERSPECTIVES ON MEDIA WITNESSING Witnessing: An Afterword: Torchlight Red on Sweaty Faces; J.D.Peters Telling Presences: Witnessing, Mass Media, and the Imagined Lives of Strangers; P.Frosh Mundane Witness; J.Ellis Witness as a Cultural Form of Communication: Historical Roots, Structural Dynamics and Current Appearances; G.Thomas Archaic Witnessing and Contemporary News Media; M.Blondheim& T.Liebes PART II: PERFORMANCES OF MEDIA WITNESSING Witnessing as a Field; T.Ashuri and A.Pinchevski From Danger to Trauma: Affective Labour and the Journalistic Discourse of Witnessing; C.Rentschler Scientific Witness, Testimony, and Mediation; J.Leach Witnesses or Bystanders: What Models are Appropriate in Understanding the Media Act of Witnessing? Witnessing Trauma on Film; R.Brand Index
