Shoot first and ask questions later : media coverage of the 2003 Iraq War /
Shoot 1st and ask questions later
Justin Lewis [and others].
- 212 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Media and culture ; v. 7 .
- Media & culture (New York, N.Y.) ; v. 7. .
Includes bibliographical references.
Models of war reporting -- The background to embedding -- The Pentagon perspective -- The MoD perspective -- "In bed" with the military? the journalists' perspective -- Broad themes in the coverage of the Iraq war -- Sources and stories -- Watching war on television -- Beyond censorship: public relations and journalism.. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
"Based on extensive original research, Shoot First and Ask Questions Later provides a comprehensive analysis of media coverage of the war in Iraq in 2003. The authors closely examine the main actors involved through a broad range of interviews with journalists (both embedded and non-embedded), news editors, news heads, and with key planners at the Pentagon and the UK Ministry of Defence. This book also investigates how the war was represented on television, employing both a systematic content analysis of the broadcast news coverage of the war and a series of case studies that unravel key moments of good and bad reporting during the war. Finally, it examines how people responded to and interpreted the information they received from the media, drawing upon both large-scale surveys and focus groups."--Jacket.
0820474185 9780820474182
2005029798
Iraq War, 2003-2011--Journalism, Military. Iraq War, 2003-2011--Mass media and the war Iraq War, 2003-2011--Press coverage