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Record Nr.

UNINA9910466141403321

Autore

Franks Suzanne

Titolo

Reporting disasters : famine, aid, politics and the media / / Suzanne Franks

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, [England] : , : Hurst & Company, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-84904-495-3

1-84904-494-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 p.)

Disciplina

070.44936334

Soggetti

Disasters - Press coverage - Moral and ethical aspects

Famines - Press coverage - Ethiopia

Journalism - Political aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction: Arguing About Famine; 1. How Famine Captured the Headlines; 2. Global Story: National Response; 3. A Revolution in Giving; 4. Misunderstanding the Famine: Telling the Story Wrong; 5. The Humanitarian Dilemma; 6. Too Tight an Embrace? The Agencies and the Media; 7. Interpreting Africa; 8. Real Media Effects; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Ethiopia 1984: A groundbreaking account of the reporting of a famine and its unintended long-term consequences.