Death makes the news : how the media censor and display the dead

Death makes the news : how the media censor and display the dead / Jessica M. Fishman.

Death is considered one of the most newsworthy events, but words do not tell the whole story. Pictures are also at the epicenter of journalism, and when photographers and editors illustrate fatalities, it often raises questions about how they distinguish between a "fit" and "unfit&quo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fishman, Jessica M. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Death > Press coverage.
Journalism > Social aspects.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Journalism.
Death > Press coverage
Journalism > Social aspects
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Death concealed: the picture problem
  • "Cold bodies are hot stuff"
  • Alternative images
  • The industry's ample access
  • Intentionally ambiguous images
  • Layers of resistance
  • Word versus image
  • Death revealed: exceptions to the rule
  • Pictures in the popular and patrician press
  • Nationality and the "newsworthy" image
  • Innocence and the "newsworthy" victim
  • Mass tragedy and the biggest disasters
  • The fantastic feats of some photos
  • Victims seeking visibility
  • In the end
  • Appendix: defining a postmortem picture
  • Notes
  • Index
  • About the author.

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