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'...it will appeal not only to students of journalism and media but also to anyone interested in the world around them'
- Marie Kinsey, Times Higher Education Supplement

'Professor Tumber weaves together traditional and topical themes to produce a comprehensive overview of the media's role at times of conflict'
- Stewart Purvis, City University London

'Presents a vivid picture of what it's like to be working as a journalist on the front line during a modern' war. Through the eyes of leading correspondents in the field the authors examine their experience and its impact on the audience, their profession and their own lives' - The Information Centre about Asylum and Refugees in the UK (ICAR)

Journalists Under Fire

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A New Kind of War INFORMATION WAR War in the Information Age From Industrial War to Information War American Exceptionalism FRONT LINE JOURNALISM Who they are and why they do it On Assignment Working Relations Fixers and Translators Danger and Safety Training and Protection Coping with Fear and Danger Information War and Journalistic Practices in the 21st century

Journalists Under Fire

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      Publisher Sage Publications
      Imprint SAGE Publications Inc
      Published 18 January 2006
      ISBN-13 9781412924078
      978-1412924078
      ISBN-10 1412924073
      Also in:
      News media and journalism Journalism Diaries

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      '...it will appeal not only to students of journalism and media but also to anyone interested in the world around them'
      - Marie Kinsey, Times Higher Education Supplement

      'Professor Tumber weaves together traditional and topical themes to produce a comprehensive overview of the media's role at times of conflict'
      - Stewart Purvis, City University London

      'Presents a vivid picture of what it's like to be working as a journalist on the front line during a modern' war. Through the eyes of leading correspondents in the field the authors examine their experience and its impact on the audience, their profession and their own lives' - The Information Centre about Asylum and Refugees in the UK (ICAR)

      Journalists Under Fire

      Table of Contents

      A New Kind of War INFORMATION WAR War in the Information Age From Industrial War to Information War American Exceptionalism FRONT LINE JOURNALISM Who they are and why they do it On Assignment Working Relations Fixers and Translators Danger and Safety Training and Protection Coping with Fear and Danger Information War and Journalistic Practices in the 21st century

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