Mediatized Conflicts: Understanding Media and Conflicts in the Contemporary World (Issues in Cultural and Media Stedies)

News media are more sophisticated today than ever before, while culture and politics have reached heights of chaos never before seen. How do media outlets choose what to report, and what are the impacts of their choices? Mediatized Conflict sheds much-needed light on the subject. An expert on the subject culls together the latest research and theories to examine how the media today have replaced socalled objective reporting with actively "enacting" and "performing" coverage of war and conflict. We live in times that generate diverse conflicts; we also live in times when conflicts are increasingly played out and performed in the media. Mediatized Conflict explores the powered dynamics, contested representations and consequences of media conflict reporting. It examines how the media today do not simply report or represent diverse situations of conflict, but actively ‘enact’ and ‘perform’ them. This important book brings together the latest research findings and theoretical discussions to develop an encompassing, multidimensional and sophisticated understanding of the social complexities, political dynamics and cultural forms of mediatized conflicts in the world today. Case studies include: Anti-war protests and anti-globalization demonstrations Mediatized public crises centering on issues of ‘race’ and racism War journalism and peace journalism Risk society and the environment The politics of outrage and terror spectacle post 9/11 Identity politics and cultural recognition This is essential reading for Media Studies students and all those interested in understanding how, why, and with what impacts media report on diverse conflicts in the world today. This Important Book Brings Together The Latest Research Findings And Theoretical Discussions To Develop An Encompassing, Multidimensional And Sophisticated Understanding Of The Social Complexities, Political Dynamics And Cultural Forms Of Mediatized Conflicts In The World Today.--jacket. Series Editor's Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Mediatized Conflict In The World Today -- 2. Getting A Fix On Mediatized Conflict : Paradigms And Perspectives -- 3. Reporting Demonstrations And Protest : Public Sphere(s), Public Screens -- 4. From Moral Panics To Mediatized Public Crises : Moving Stories Of 'race' And Racism -- 5. War Journalism : Disembodied And Embedded -- 6. Peace Journalism And Other Alternatives : On Hopes And Prayers -- 7. Media, Risk Society And The Environment : A Different Story? -- 8. From Terrorism To The Global War On Terror : The Media Politics Of Outrage -- 9. Identity Politics And Cultural Difference : On Mediatized Recognition -- 10. Mediatized Conflict : Conclusions -- References -- Index. Simon Cottle. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [195]-210) And Index. We live in times that generate diverse conflicts; we also live in times when conflicts are increasingly played out and performed in the media. Mediatized Conflict explores the powered dynamics, contested representations and consequences of media conflict reporting. It examines how the media today do not simply report or represent diverse situations of conflict, but actively ènact¿ and p̀erform¿ them. This important book brings together the latest research findings and theoretical discussions to develop an encompassing, multidimensional and sophisticated understanding of the social complex