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Audiences in the Face of Distant Suffering: New Challenges for Old Ideals?
International Communication Gazette, volume 77, issue 7 (2015), pp. 603-707
Media Witnessing: Exploring the Audience of Distant Suffering
Media, Culture & Society, volume 37, issue 2 (2015), pp. 215-231
"This article aims at demonstrating the relevance of the concept of 'media witnessing' as an analytical lens for the study of audience engagement with media reports of distant suffering. Drawing upon existing theoretical work on the concept, the article approaches media witnessing as a distinct moda
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The Role of Celebrities in Mediating Distant Suffering
International Journal of Cultural Studies, volume 18, issue 4 (2015), pp. 449-466
"How effective are celebrities, not just in helping to draw attention to distant suffering, but in actually regulating spectators’ mediated experiences of the lives of distant strangers? What function does the perceived authenticity of a celebrity play in their role as mediator? This article seeks
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Verification Handbook: A Definitive Guide to Verifying Digital Content for Emergency Coverage
Key Guides
Maastricht: European Journalism Centre (2014), 121 pp.
"In a crisis situation, social networks are overloaded with situational updates, calls for relief, reports of new developments, and rescue information. Reporting the right information is often critical in shaping responses from the public and relief workers; it can literally be a matter of life or d
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Reporting on Humanitarian Crises: A Manual for Trainers and Journalists and an Introduction for Humanitarian Workers. Manual for Trainers
Key Guides
Internews (2014), 110 pp.
"Presents a combination of standard, professional reporting techniques for journalists covering humanitarian response scenarios, plus a basic education in and understanding of the humanitarian sector, its architecture, mandates and modus operandi. The goal of the manual and the handouts section is t
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Understanding News Geography and Major Determinants of Global News Coverage of Disasters
Arxiv - Cornell University Library (2014), 7 pp.
"In this work, we reveal the structure of global news coverage of disasters and its determinants by using a large-scale news coverage dataset collected by the GDELT (Global Data on Events, Location, and Tone) project that monitors news media in over 100 languages from the whole world. Significant va
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Citizen Journalism: Global Perspectives, Vol. 2
New York: Peter Lang (2014), xii, 406 pp.
'The Things That We Have to Do: Ethics and Instrumentality in Humanitarian Communication
Global Media and Communication, volume 9, issue 1 (2013), pp. 53-70
"This study critically reflects on a schism evident in debates surrounding ‘humanitarian communication’. On one hand, it is approached as embodying an ideal of ethical practice. On the other, ideal humanitarianism is deployed as the grounds for a critique, whereby ‘humanitarian practice’ is
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Media Guidelines for Reporting on Gender-Based Violence in Humanitarian Contexts
Global Protection Cluster (2013), 8 pp.
"The guidelines are intended to ensure that all actors who play a role in facilitating or engaging in media reporting on gender-based violence (GBV) are aware of and able to prioritize the ethical and safety considerations that preserve the safety, confidentiality and dignity of survivors, their fam
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Global Media Ethics: Problems and Perspectives
Walden, Mass.; Oxford: Wiley Blackwell (2013), 326 pp.
"Through case studies, analysis of emerging practices, and theoretical discussion, a team of leading journalism and communication experts investigate the impact of major global trends on responsible journalism and lead readers to better understand changes in media ethics. Chapters look at how these
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Disasters and the Media
New York et al.: Peter Lang (2012), xii, 235 pp.
Resource Kit for Gender-Ethical Journalism and Media-House Policy. Book 2: Practical Resources
Toronto: World Association for Christian Communication (WACC); International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) (2012), 66 pp.
"This learning resource kit aims to provide an answer to the current gender gap in news content and lack of existing self-regulatory mechanisms to confront gender bias. It is organised in two books that may be read independently of each other. Book 2 will be of interest to media practitioners – jo
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The Marketization of Foreign News
Global Media and Communication, volume 8, issue 2 (2012), pp. 99-115
"Audience segmentation is generally associated with strategic communication (such as advertising and public relations), where content is manipulated to suit reader preferences. News has generally been considered truth-telling unvarnished by such concerns. This article compares how news of the same h
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Reporting Disaster and Disaster Preparedness: A Training Handbook
New Delhi: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ); Indo-German Environment Partnership Programme (IGEP) (2012), viii, 122 pp.
"The main objective of the media component of the Environmental Planning and Disaster Risk Management (EPDRM) programme of GIZ in India is to enable journalists to better and more efficiently perform their roles, functions and tasks in the context of disaster risk management, i.e. information to the
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Wenn Kinder Krieg und Katastrophen in den Medien sehen: Der internationale Forschungsstand zur Kriegs- und Krisenberichterstattung für Kinder
Televizion, volume 24, issue 2 (2011), pp. 35-39
"Aus einer Forschungsperspektive wird die Rolle der Medien bei der Kriegs- und Krisenberichterstattung für Kinder beleuchtet. Es werden sowohl Aspekte der Rezeption und Produktion von Medientexten durch Kinder als auch die Sicht und Vorgehensweisen von ProduzentInnen von Kindernachrichten zusammeng
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How not to report disaster? Reflection on Pakistani flood coverage
Karachi: Heinrich Böll Stiftung (2011), 15 pp.
The Routledge Handbook of Emotions and Mass Media
Abingdon, Oxon; New York: Routledge (2011), xiii, 422 pp.
"The impact of mass media on individuals and society is to a great extent based on human emotions. Emotions, in turn, are essential in understanding how media messages are processed as well as media's impact on individual and social behavior and public social life. Adopting an interdisciplinary appr
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The New Arab Journalist: Mission and Identity in a Time of Turmoil
Deep Insights
London; New York: Tauris (2011), xii, 287 pp.
"Drawing on the first broad cross-border survey of Arab journalists, first-person interviews with scores of reporters and editors, and his three decades' experience reporting from the Middle East, Lawrence Pintak examines how Arab journalists see themselves and their mission at this critical time in
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Wider die Symbiose: Plädoyer für die Professionalisierung der Verhältnisse zwischen Hilfsorganisationen und Journalisten
Publizistik, volume 56, issue 3 (2011), pp. 327-340
"The analysis deals with the presentation of hunger and related emergencies in the mass media. It focuses on problems and structures of journalistic production processes and symbiotic relationships between the media and the aid industry. Mass media often create the impression that “hunger” occur
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