TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mortensen,Mette
TI  - Journalism and eyewitness images: digital media, participation, and conflict 
T2  - Routledge research in journalism
SN  - 041582849X
AV  - PN4784.T34 M67 2015
U1  - 070.43 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Journalism
KW  - Technological innovations
KW  - Art
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Art and society
KW  - Online journalism
KW  - Digital media
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: Eyewitness Images and Mediatized Conflict --; 1; The Eyewitness in the Media --; 2; Eyewitness Images as a Genre, Genres of Eyewitness Images --; 3; Mediatized Conflict --; 4; Counter-Images: Visual Censorship and the Challenges of Digital Media - The Snapshot of Fallen US Soldiers (2004) and the Bootleg Tape of Saddam Hussein's Hanging (2006) --; 5; The Unintentional News Icon: The Canonization and Political Mobilization of the Footage of Neda Agha Soltan in the Post-Election Revolt Iran (2009) --; 6; Metacoverage and Mediatized Conflict: WikiLeaks' Release of "Collateral Murder" (2010) and the Transformation of the Information Flow --; 7; Citizen Investigation and Eyewitness Images: The Boston Marathon Bombing (2013) --; Conclusion
N2  - "Building on the vast research conducted on war and media since the 1970s, scholars are now studying the digital transformation of the production of news. Little scholarly attention has been paid, however, to non-professional, eyewitness visuals, even though this genre holds a still greater bearing on the way conflicts are fought, communicated, and covered by the news media. This volume examines the power of new technologies for creating and disseminating images in relation to conflicts. Mortensen presents a theoretical framework and uses case studies to investigate the impact of non-professional images with regard to essential issues in today's media landscape: including new media technologies and democratic change, the political mobilization and censorship of images, the ethics of spectatorship, and the shifting role of the mainstream news media in the digital age"--
ER  -