Reporting Disasters
Autor Suzanne Franksen Limba Engleză Paperback – mar 2014
Nivel de studiu: referință profesională și cercetare academică (licență și master). Reporting Disasters reprezintă o analiză critică esențială pentru studenții la jurnalism și științe politice, investigând modul în care media internațională a construit imaginea foametei din Etiopia între 1984 și 1985. Suzanne Franks utilizează accesul privilegiat la arhivele BBC și ale guvernului britanic pentru a demonta mitul succesului absolut al intervenției umanitare declanșate de presiunea mediatică. Ne-a atras atenția rigoarea cu care autoarea demonstrează că, deși evenimentul a mobilizat resurse fără precedent, relatările au fost adesea incomplete sau eronate, ducând la politici de ajutor care au ignorat cauzele politice profunde ale crizei. Suntem de părere că volumul oferă o perspectivă necesară asupra distorsiunilor informaționale. În timp ce publicul își amintește de succesul festivalurilor de tip Live Aid, Suzanne Franks arată cum „foametea biblică” a fost o construcție narativă ce a forțat reacții politice reactive, nu strategice. Cititorii familiarizați cu Famine and Foreigners: Ethiopia Since Live Aid de Peter Gill vor aprecia modul în care acest volum completează tabloul istoric, concentrându-se nu doar pe evenimentele din teren, ci pe mecanismele interne ale redacțiilor și pe interfața dintre presă și decidenții statali. Structura lucrării facilitează înțelegerea procesului prin care o știre devine un eveniment global de o imensitate copleșitoare. Spre deosebire de un manual tehnic precum Reporting Disaster on Deadline de Lee Wilkins, care oferă ghiduri de bune practici, lucrarea de față funcționează ca o examinare sociologică a impactului pe care jurnalismul de criză îl are asupra realității geopolitice pe termen lung.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781849042888
ISBN-10: 1849042888
Pagini: 256
Ilustrații: illustrations (black and white)
Dimensiuni: 139 x 214 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.33 kg
Editura: HURST & CO
ISBN-10: 1849042888
Pagini: 256
Ilustrații: illustrations (black and white)
Dimensiuni: 139 x 214 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.33 kg
Editura: HURST & CO
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Recomandăm această carte oricărui viitor jurnalist sau specialist în relații internaționale care dorește să înțeleagă puterea și capcanele reportajului de criză. Veți câștiga o viziune critică asupra modului în care media poate distorsiona realitatea în încercarea de a genera empatie, oferind instrumente analitice pentru a evalua campaniile umanitare contemporane prin prisma lecțiilor neînvățate din 1984.
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A groundbreaking account of the reporting of the 1984 Ethiopian famine, and its unintended long-term consequences.
Recenzii
'Reporting Disasters makes a powerful case for a better understanding of the causes of hunger. Franks shows how the way starving people in Ethiopia were portrayed on TV - the famous 'Biblical famine' of 1984 - distorted the world's response, inspiring aid deliveries that may have done more harm than good. The coverage failed to understand the politics of famine. This is the best kind of history - one that challenges stereotypes and asks uncomfortable questions.' - David Loyn, BBC International Development Correspondent 'The cause and effect relationship between media and policy making in crises continues to be dominated by often ill-informed assumptions more than examination of hard facts from all angles. Suzanne Franks' interviews and access to historical records reveal compelling evidence that often challenges orthodox assumptions that images and powerful TV reporting in particular drive the most appropriate, pro-active policy response. Her important analysis is not unique to humanitarian disasters.' - Nik Gowing, international broadcaster and journalist 'This is the compelling life story of a transformational news event. Famine footage from Ethiopia allied to the pop star glamour of Live Aid confirmed the predominance of television news and changed the aid business for ever. Thirty years on, with fresh revelations from inside Government and the BBC, Suzanne Franks' study takes on contemporary significance as TV news and overseas aid confront potentially disabling new challenges.' - Peter Gill, journalist and author of Famine and Foreigners: Ethiopia Since Live Aid 'This fascinating book is a must-read for anyone with an interest in the enduring effects on the aid industry of the nexus of global politics, celebrity and the media of the mid-1980s. Franks' sweeping narrative offers an unprecedented, detailed insight into events which were to define a generation's view of Africa in the wake of Michael Buerk's iconic 1984 television news report about the Ethiopian famine.' - Leigh Daynes, Executive Director of Medecins du Monde in the UK 'As we approach the thirtieth anniversary of the 1984 famine and the iconic BBC TV film by Michael Buerk and Mohammed Amin, Suzanne Franks provides us with a comprehensive and detailed analysis of how that film came to be made and its profound impacts on the various actors in the humanitarian drama - donors, humanitarian agencies, celebrities and fundraisers, and on the media itself. Using this watershed moment in the media coverage of disasters, she explores the relationship between the media and humanitarian actors, exposing the overlapping and sometimes conflicting interests of journalists and humanitarian agencies and the ways in which they are reconciled - often presenting the public with oversimplifications and occasionally significant misrepresentations. This impressive book is a significant addition to the literature and deserves to become a standard reference in training courses for both journalists and humanitarian workers.' - John Borton, Senior Research Associate, Humanitarian Policy Group, Overseas Development Institute 'A fascinating, thoroughly researched and eminently readable book which makes a major contribution to our understanding of television's impact on politics, policy-makers and audiences. Highly recommended for anyone interested in the relationship between media and politics.' - Steven Barnett, Professor of Communications, University of Westminster 'A hard-headed analysis of the famous reporting [of the 1984-5 Ethiopian Famine] by Michael Buerk, and its consequences. - Franks is able to explain why this well-crafted report made such waves, when previous TV documentary and radio reports on famine in Ethiopia broadcast as much as a year earlier did not. For students of journalism and for all those who want to understand how Africa has struggled for years to be reported properly and with the subtlety and depth we expect of Western culture, Reporting Disasters will be a rich and worthwhile read.' - Fiona Chesterton, LSE Review of Books.
'Reporting Disasters makes a powerful case for a better understanding of the causes of hunger. Franks shows how the way starving people in Ethiopia were portrayed on TV - the famous 'Biblical famine' of 1984 - distorted the world's response, inspiring aid deliveries that may have done more harm than good. The coverage failed to understand the politics of famine. This is the best kind of history - one that challenges stereotypes and asks uncomfortable questions.' - David Loyn, BBC International Development Correspondent 'This is the compelling life story of a transformational news event. Famine footage from Ethiopia allied to the pop star glamour of Live Aid confirmed the predominance of television news and changed the aid business for ever. Thirty years on, with fresh revelations from inside Government and the BBC, Suzanne Franks' study takes on contemporary significance as TV news and overseas aid confront potentially disabling new challenges.' - Peter Gill, journalist and author of Famine and Foreigners: Ethiopia Since Live Aid 'A fascinating, thoroughly researched and eminently readable book which makes a major contribution to our understanding of television's impact on politics, policy-makers and audiences. Highly recommended for anyone interested in the relationship between media and politics.' - Steven Barnett, Professor of Communications, University of Westminster
'Reporting Disasters makes a powerful case for a better understanding of the causes of hunger. Franks shows how the way starving people in Ethiopia were portrayed on TV - the famous 'Biblical famine' of 1984 - distorted the world's response, inspiring aid deliveries that may have done more harm than good. The coverage failed to understand the politics of famine. This is the best kind of history - one that challenges stereotypes and asks uncomfortable questions.' - David Loyn, BBC International Development Correspondent 'This is the compelling life story of a transformational news event. Famine footage from Ethiopia allied to the pop star glamour of Live Aid confirmed the predominance of television news and changed the aid business for ever. Thirty years on, with fresh revelations from inside Government and the BBC, Suzanne Franks' study takes on contemporary significance as TV news and overseas aid confront potentially disabling new challenges.' - Peter Gill, journalist and author of Famine and Foreigners: Ethiopia Since Live Aid 'This fascinating book is a must-read for anyone with an interest in the enduring effects on the aid industry of the nexus of global politics, celebrity and the media of the mid-1980s. Franks' sweeping narrative offers an unprecedented, detailed insight into events which were to define a generation's view of Africa in the wake of Michael Buerk's iconic 1984 television news report about the Ethiopian famine.' - Leigh Daynes, Executive Director of Medecins du Monde in the UK 'As we approach the thirtieth anniversary of the 1984 famine and the iconic BBC TV film by Michael Buerk and Mohammed Amin, Suzanne Franks provides us with a comprehensive and detailed analysis of how that film came to be made and its profound impacts on the various actors in the humanitarian drama - donors, humanitarian agencies, celebrities and fundraisers and on the media itself. Using this watershed moment in the media coverage of disasters, she explores the relationship between the media and humanitarian actors, exposing the overlapping and sometimes conflicting interests of journalists and humanitarian agencies and the ways in which they are reconciled - often presenting the public with oversimplifications and occasionally significant misrepresentations. This impressive book is a significant addition to the literature and deserves to become a standard reference in training courses for both journalists and humanitarian workers.' - John Borton, Senior Research Associate, Humanitarian Policy Group, Overseas Development Institute 'A fascinating, thoroughly researched and eminently readable book which makes a major contribution to our understanding of television's impact on politics, policy-makers and audiences. Highly recommended for anyone interested in the relationship between media and politics.' - Steven Barnett, Professor of Communications, University of Westminster
'Reporting Disasters makes a powerful case for a better understanding of the causes of hunger. Franks shows how the way starving people in Ethiopia were portrayed on TV - the famous 'Biblical famine' of 1984 - distorted the world's response, inspiring aid deliveries that may have done more harm than good. The coverage failed to understand the politics of famine. This is the best kind of history - one that challenges stereotypes and asks uncomfortable questions.' - David Loyn, BBC International Development Correspondent 'This is the compelling life story of a transformational news event. Famine footage from Ethiopia allied to the pop star glamour of Live Aid confirmed the predominance of television news and changed the aid business for ever. Thirty years on, with fresh revelations from inside Government and the BBC, Suzanne Franks' study takes on contemporary significance as TV news and overseas aid confront potentially disabling new challenges.' - Peter Gill, journalist and author of Famine and Foreigners: Ethiopia Since Live Aid 'A fascinating, thoroughly researched and eminently readable book which makes a major contribution to our understanding of television's impact on politics, policy-makers and audiences. Highly recommended for anyone interested in the relationship between media and politics.' - Steven Barnett, Professor of Communications, University of Westminster
'Reporting Disasters makes a powerful case for a better understanding of the causes of hunger. Franks shows how the way starving people in Ethiopia were portrayed on TV - the famous 'Biblical famine' of 1984 - distorted the world's response, inspiring aid deliveries that may have done more harm than good. The coverage failed to understand the politics of famine. This is the best kind of history - one that challenges stereotypes and asks uncomfortable questions.' - David Loyn, BBC International Development Correspondent 'This is the compelling life story of a transformational news event. Famine footage from Ethiopia allied to the pop star glamour of Live Aid confirmed the predominance of television news and changed the aid business for ever. Thirty years on, with fresh revelations from inside Government and the BBC, Suzanne Franks' study takes on contemporary significance as TV news and overseas aid confront potentially disabling new challenges.' - Peter Gill, journalist and author of Famine and Foreigners: Ethiopia Since Live Aid 'This fascinating book is a must-read for anyone with an interest in the enduring effects on the aid industry of the nexus of global politics, celebrity and the media of the mid-1980s. Franks' sweeping narrative offers an unprecedented, detailed insight into events which were to define a generation's view of Africa in the wake of Michael Buerk's iconic 1984 television news report about the Ethiopian famine.' - Leigh Daynes, Executive Director of Medecins du Monde in the UK 'As we approach the thirtieth anniversary of the 1984 famine and the iconic BBC TV film by Michael Buerk and Mohammed Amin, Suzanne Franks provides us with a comprehensive and detailed analysis of how that film came to be made and its profound impacts on the various actors in the humanitarian drama - donors, humanitarian agencies, celebrities and fundraisers and on the media itself. Using this watershed moment in the media coverage of disasters, she explores the relationship between the media and humanitarian actors, exposing the overlapping and sometimes conflicting interests of journalists and humanitarian agencies and the ways in which they are reconciled - often presenting the public with oversimplifications and occasionally significant misrepresentations. This impressive book is a significant addition to the literature and deserves to become a standard reference in training courses for both journalists and humanitarian workers.' - John Borton, Senior Research Associate, Humanitarian Policy Group, Overseas Development Institute 'A fascinating, thoroughly researched and eminently readable book which makes a major contribution to our understanding of television's impact on politics, policy-makers and audiences. Highly recommended for anyone interested in the relationship between media and politics.' - Steven Barnett, Professor of Communications, University of Westminster
Descriere
The media reporting of the Ethiopian Famine in 1984-5 was an iconic news event. It is widely believed to have had an unprecedented impact, challenging perceptions of Africa and mobilising public opinion and philanthropic action in a dramatic new way. The contemporary international configuration of aid, media pressure, and official policy is still directly affected and sometimes distorted by what was––as this narrative shows––also an inaccurate and misleading story. In popular memory, the reporting of the Ethiopian famine and the resulting humanitarian intervention were a great success. Yet alternative interpretations give a radically different picture of misleading journalism and an aid effort which did more harm than good. Using privileged access to BBC and Government archives, Reporting Disasters examines and reveals the internal factors which drove BBC news and offers a rare case study of how the media can affect public opinion and policymaking. It constructs the process that accounts for the immensity of the news event, following the response at the heart of government to the pressure of public opinion. And it shows that, while the reporting and the altruistic festival that it produced triggered remarkable and identifiable changes, the ongoing impact was not what the conventional account claims it to have been.