Beyond the Front Lines : How the News Media Cover a World Shaped by War

The Recent War With Iraq Has Had The Greatest Impact On Journalism Since The Vietnam War. Before The Next War Arrives, How The News Media Cover Conflict -- And International Affairs More Generally -- Should Be Scrutinized. The Questions Explored In This Book Include: * Were Embedded Journalists' Reports From Iraq Overused And Was Context Sacrificed In Favor Of Drama? * Is The Relationship Between News Organizations And The Pentagon Too Cozy? * Has Al-jazeera's Impact Been Underestimated? * Is The Internet Superseding Other Media? * Has Public Diplomacy Become Mired In Clumsy Propaganda? * Do Policy Makers Understand How News Coverage Affects Global Politics? Beyond The Front Lines Examines News Coverage Of Modern War, With Particular Emphasis On The Performance Of Journalists During The 2003 U.s.-iraq War. It Also Analyzes The Relationship Between News Coverage And American Foreign Policy, As Well As How Globalization Is Reshaping The News Business. Philip Seib Also Describes The Changing Technologies And Ethics Of Modern Warfare, Suggests Ways Journalists Might Carry Out Their Job Better, And Offers A New Perspective On The Role Of The News Media In A High-tech, Globalized, And Dangerous World. --publisher. Effects Of Global Television News On U.s. Policy In International Conflict / Eytan Gilboa -- International News And Advanced Information Technology : Changing The Institutional Domination Paradigm? / Steven Livingston, W. Lance Bennett, And W. Lucas Robinson -- Getting To War : Communications And Mobilization In The 2002-03 Iraq Crisis / Robin Brown -- Internet, Politics, And Missile Defense / Jayne Rodgers -- Missing Public In U.s. Public Diplomacy : Exploring The News Media's Role In Developing An American Constituency / Kathy Fitzpatrick And Tamara Kosic -- Characteristics Of War Coverage By Female Correspondents / Cinny Kennard And Sheila T. Murphy -- Real War Will Never Get On Television : An Analysis Of Casualty Imagery In American Television Coverage Of The Iraq War / Sean Aday -- News Coverage Of The Bosnian War In Dutch Newspapers : Impact And Implications / Nel Ruigrok, Jan A.d Ridder, Otto Scholten -- Terrorist Web Sites : Their Contents, Functioning, And Effectiveness / Maura Conway -- News Media And The Clash Of Civilizations / Philip Seib. Edited By Philip Seib. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

The recent war with Iraq has had the greatest impact on journalism since the Vietnam War. Before the next war arrives, how the news media cover conflict — and international affairs more generally — should be scrutinized. The questions explored in this book include:

* Were embedded journalists' reports from Iraq overused and was context sacrificed in favor of drama?
* Is the relationship between news organizations and the Pentagon too cozy?
* Has Al-Jazeera's impact been underestimated?
* Is the Internet superseding other media?
* Has public diplomacy become mired in clumsy propaganda?
* Do policy makers understand how news coverage affects global politics?

Beyond the Front Lines examines news coverage of modern war, with particular emphasis on the performance of journalists during the 2003 U.S.-Iraq war. It also analyzes the relationship between news coverage and American foreign policy, as well as how globalization is reshaping the news business. Philip Seib also describes the changing technologies and ethics of modern warfare, suggests ways journalists might carry out their job better, and offers a new perspective on the role of the news media in a high-tech, globalized, and dangerous world.

"Beyond the Front Lines examines news coverage of modern war, with particular emphasis on the performance of journalists during the 2003 U.S.-Iraq war. It also analyzes the relationship between news coverage and American foreign policy as well as how globalization is reshaping the news business. Philip Seib also describes the changing technologies and ethics of modern warfare, suggests ways journalists might carry out their job better, and offers a new perspective on the role of the news media in a high-tech, globalized, and dangerous world."--BOOK JACKET. Has Al Jazeera's impact been underestimated? Is the role of the Internet fully understood? Has public diplomacy become mired in clumsy propaganda? Beyond the Front Lines examines these issues, suggesting ways journalists might carry out their job better and defining the role of the news media in a high-tech, globalized and dangerous world. Front Matter....Pages i-xvi Redefining the World:....Pages 1-18 Prelude to Iraq:....Pages 19-41 Technology and Empathy:....Pages 43-67 On The Team?:....Pages 69-86 Cybernews, Cyberwar:....Pages 87-103 The Din of Many Voices:....Pages 105-124 Media Diplomacy:....Pages 125-137 The Next Wars....Pages 139-158 Back Matter....Pages 159-185 This collection of essays explores current issues surrounding the media and conflict in the Twenty-first Century. Essays will look at the role of evolving media technologies, the globalization of television and communications, public diplomacy, gender and war coverage, terrorism, and other Issues The Iraq War of 2003 featured a heavy reliance by the media on journalists 'embedded' within military units and providing breathless frontline coverage of often confused events. Philip Seib decries this arrangement as deeply flawed and suggests ways in which journalists can do a better job The Iraq War of 2003 featured a heavy reliance by the media on journalists 'embedded' within military units & providing breathless frontline coverage of often confused events. Philip Seib describes this arrangement as deeply flawed & suggests ways in which journalists can do a better job