Fishman, Jessica M.,

Death makes the news : how the media censor and display the dead / Jessica M. Fishman. - viii, 281 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Death concealed: the picture problem -- "Cold bodies are hot stuff" -- Alternative images -- The industry's ample access -- Intentionally ambiguous images -- Layers of resistance -- Word versus image -- Death revealed: exceptions to the rule -- Pictures in the popular and patrician press -- Nationality and the "newsworthy" image -- Innocence and the "newsworthy" victim -- Mass tragedy and the biggest disasters -- The fantastic feats of some photos -- Victims seeking visibility -- In the end -- Appendix: defining a postmortem picture -- Notes -- Index -- About the author.

How wireless technology is redefining the relationship of communication, technology, and society around the world-in everyday work and life, in youth culture, in politics, and in the developing world.

9780814770757 9780814760451


Death--Press coverage.
Journalism--Social aspects.

PN 4784 / F537d 2017

070.4