Global crisis reporting : journalism in the global age /
Simon Cottle.
- Maidenhead ; New York : Open University Press, 2009.
- xiv, 199 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Issues in cultural and media studies .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [178]-191) and index.
Global crisis? What crisis? -- Journalism in the global age -- (Un)natural disasters: the calculus of death and the ritualization of catastrophe -- Ecology and climate change: from science and sceptics to spectacle and... -- Forced migrations and human rights: antinomies in the mediated ethics of care -- New wars and the global war on terror: on vicarious, visceral violence -- The 'CNN effect' and 'compassion fatigue': researching beyond commonsense -- Humanitarian NGOs, news media and the changing relations of communicative power -- Global crisis reporting: conclusions.