The Media at War: Communication and Conflict in the Twentieth Century

Carruthers, Susan L.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0333691431 ISBN 13: 9780333691434

Casa editrice: Palgrave Macmillan, 1999

Drawing on examples from the 20th century's "total wars" and also "limited wars", terrorist campaigns and "complex emergencies" such as Rwanda and Somalia, this study argues that the media's performance in wartime may result as much from peacetime journalistic practices as from the special circumstances of war. The book concludes by assessing the impact of new communications technology and how the representation of future wars is likely to differ from those in the past.