Compassion Fatigue. How the media sell disease, famine, war and death.
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Copy number Shelfmark Shelf mark R006949 Ned. Fotomuseum $T MOELLER.S 1999
TitleCompassion Fatigue. How the media sell disease, famine, war and death.
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Iconographic keywords
PublisherRoutledge
Year of publication1999
Pagination390
Illustrationsb&w
DimensionsA4
MaterialTekstboek
Document TypeBook
ISBN0-415-920981
Bibliographic Notespb; notes, index;
SubjectGeëngageerde fotografie, Geïllustreerde pers, Politiek en fotografie, Maatschappij en fotografie, Oorlog en fotografie, Mediakritiek, mediastudies, Ziekte en fotografie
Geographical keywordEgypte, Ethiopië, Groot-Brittannië, Israël, India, Irak, Pakistan, Rwanda, Somalië, Soedan, Bosnia
Abstract
Chapters:
1. Compassion Fatigue.
1.1. The Practice of Journalism and Compassion Fatigue.
1.2. Images and Compassion Fatigue.
2. Covering Pestilence: Sensationalizing Epidemic Disease.
2.1. Mad Cows and Englishmen: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, Britain, March
1996.
2.2. The Doomsday Disease: Ebola, Zaire, May 1995.
3. Covering Famine: The Famine Formula.
3.1. The Archetypal Media Famine: Ethipia, Fall-Winter 1984-1985.
3.2. Just How Much of a Disaster Does a Disaster Have to Be?
Sudan and Somalia 1991-1993.
4. Covering Death: The Americanization of Assasinations.
4.1. Death in the Indian Subcontinent: Indian Prime Minister Indira
Gandhi, Oct. 31, 1984 & Pakistani President Mohammed Zia ul-Haq, Aug. 17,
1988.
4.2. Death in the Middle East: Egyptian Anwar el-Sadat, Oct. 6 1981 &
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzak Rabin, Nov. 4, 1995.
5. Covering War: Getting Graphic About Genocide.
5.1. Poison Gas, Deportation and Execution: Iraq's "Anfal" Campaign
Against the Kurds. Febr.-Aug. 1988.
5.2. "Ethnic Cleansing": The "Death Camps" in Bosnia, Aug. 1992
5.3. "Acts of Genocide": Rwanda, Apr.-Aug. 1994.
6. Conclusion
Notes / Index.
1. Compassion Fatigue.
1.1. The Practice of Journalism and Compassion Fatigue.
1.2. Images and Compassion Fatigue.
2. Covering Pestilence: Sensationalizing Epidemic Disease.
2.1. Mad Cows and Englishmen: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, Britain, March
1996.
2.2. The Doomsday Disease: Ebola, Zaire, May 1995.
3. Covering Famine: The Famine Formula.
3.1. The Archetypal Media Famine: Ethipia, Fall-Winter 1984-1985.
3.2. Just How Much of a Disaster Does a Disaster Have to Be?
Sudan and Somalia 1991-1993.
4. Covering Death: The Americanization of Assasinations.
4.1. Death in the Indian Subcontinent: Indian Prime Minister Indira
Gandhi, Oct. 31, 1984 & Pakistani President Mohammed Zia ul-Haq, Aug. 17,
1988.
4.2. Death in the Middle East: Egyptian Anwar el-Sadat, Oct. 6 1981 &
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzak Rabin, Nov. 4, 1995.
5. Covering War: Getting Graphic About Genocide.
5.1. Poison Gas, Deportation and Execution: Iraq's "Anfal" Campaign
Against the Kurds. Febr.-Aug. 1988.
5.2. "Ethnic Cleansing": The "Death Camps" in Bosnia, Aug. 1992
5.3. "Acts of Genocide": Rwanda, Apr.-Aug. 1994.
6. Conclusion
Notes / Index.
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