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Record Nr.

UNINA9910970378503321

Autore

Santos Jody <1966->

Titolo

Daring to feel : violence, the news media, and their emotions / / Jody Santos

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2009

ISBN

979-82-16-32154-5

1-282-82006-0

9786612820069

0-7391-4401-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xxv, 91 p

Disciplina

070.4/493036

Soggetti

Violence - Press coverage

Violence in mass media

Journalism - Objectivity

Journalists - Mental health

Journalism - Psychological aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Stuck in neutral : violence and the news media's objective mandate -- Getting engaged : the history of emotional reporting -- From the heart : the benefits of being emotionally invested -- It's personal : gender, medium, and more -- Feeling the pain : the emotional risks of covering violence -- Road to recovery : finding new ways to talk about--and heal from--violence.

Sommario/riassunto

Like social scientists, reporters are expected to be immune to, and even aloof from, the pain and suffering they chronicle. Daring to Feel: Violence, the News Media, and Their Emotions challenges this journalistic mandate, particularly as it pertains to the emotional topic of violence. Interviewing journalists who have covered some of the worst tragedies in our nation's history, Jody Santos shows what happens when the news media dare to feel.