{"product_id":"amateur-images-and-global-news-9781841504209","title":"Amateur Images and Global News","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eModern technology has enabled anyone with a digital camera or cell phone to capture images of newsworthy events as they develop, and news organizations around the world increasingly depend on these amateur images for their coverage of unfolding events. However, with globalization facilitating wider circulation, critics have expressed strong concern over exactitude and objectivity. The first book on this topic, \u003cem\u003eAmateur Images and Global News\u003c\/em\u003e considers at length the ethical and professional issues that arise with the use of amateur images in the mainstream news media—as well as their role in producing knowledge and framing meanings of disasters in global and national contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'The book is well structured, the language well edited, and the ideas succinctly developed and appropriate for journalism scholars and professors, as well as for researchers involved in the journalistic enquiry ... an entertaining read.'\u003c\/em\u003e – Emmanuel Ngwainmbi for International Journal of Communication Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction  – Kari Andén-Papadopoulos and Mervi Pantti   \u003cstrong\u003ePART I: HISTORIES \u003c\/strong\u003e   Chapter 1: Looking Back: Ethics and Aesthetics of Non-Professional Photography – Karin Becker   Chapter 2: Amateur Photography in Wartime: Early Histories – Stuart Allan   Chapter 3: The Eyewitness in the Age of Digital Transformation – Mette Mortensen   \u003cstrong\u003ePART II: PRACTICES\u003c\/strong\u003e   Chapter 4: Amateur Images and Journalistic Authority – Helle Sjøvaag   Chapter 5: Transparency and Trustworthiness: Strategies for Incorporating Amateur Photography into News Discourse – Mervi Pantti and Kari Andén-Papadopoulos   Chapter 6: Pans and Zooms: The Quality of Amateur Video Covering a Breaking News Story – Ray Niekamp   Chapter 7: ‘You Will Die Next’: Killer Images and the Circulation of Moral Hierarchy – Johanna Sumiala   Chapter 8: From Columbine to Kauhajoki: Amateur Videos as Acts of Terror – Marguerite Moritz   \u003cstrong\u003ePART III: CIRCULATIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e   Chapter 9: Visual Blowback: Soldier Photography and the War in Iraq – Liam Kennedy   Chapter 10: In Amateurs We Trust: Readers Assessing Non-Professional News Photographs – Liina Puustinen and Janne Seppänen   Chapter 11: ‘More Real and Less Packaged’: Audience Discourses on Amateur News Content and Their Effects on Journalism Practice – Andy Williams, Karin Wahl-Jorgensen and Claire Wardle","brand":"Intellect Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042924134743,"sku":"9781841504209","price":22.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781841504209.jpg?v=1750956244","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/amateur-images-and-global-news-9781841504209","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}