Compassion fatigue : how the media sell disease, famine, war, and death /
Susan D. Moeller.
- viii, 390 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-372) and index.
Introduction: Riding with the Four Horsemen -- Compassion Fatigue -- Covering Pestilence: Sensationalizing Epidemic Disease -- Covering Famine: The Famine Formula -- Covering Death: The Americanization of Assassinations -- Covering War: Getting Graphic About Genocide -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
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Disasters--Press coverage--United States War--Press coverage--United States Television broadcasting of news--United States Sensationalism in journalism--United States