LEADER 04356nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910345116703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-415-91124-9 010 $a1-135-96440-8 010 $a0-203-93381-8 010 $a1-135-96441-6 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203933817 035 $a(CKB)2550000001106143 035 $a(EBL)1323367 035 $a(OCoLC)893336314 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000950957 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12395144 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000950957 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10880331 035 $a(PQKB)10860123 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1323367 035 $a(OCoLC)854584247 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001106143 100 $a20130809d1995 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWar stories $ethe culture of foreign correspondents /$fMark Pedelty 210 $aOxfordshire, England ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$dc1995 215 $a1 online resource (386 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-91123-0 311 $a1-299-75251-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; A List of Acronyms; PART ONE: WAR AND IDENTITY; 1 War Games; Running with the Pack; Guerrilla Safari; Las Vueltas; Myth and Practice; 2 Terror and Control; The Effects of the "Safe Conduct" System; Accepting the Silence; Terror as a Means of Press Control; Threats; The Question of Spies in the Press Corps; The Textual Effects of Terror; "Boredom Punctuated by Terror."; 3 On a White Horse; Rosa's Stories; PART TWO: STRUCTURE AND PRACTICE; 4 A Team, B Team; The Embassy and the Press; A Team; B Team; The Language of Team Competition 327 $aInterdependence and Ideological ControlThe Political Control of speca; 5 Discipline and Publish; According to a "Western Diplomat."; Brenda; "Editors Suck."; The Ray Bonner Effect; 6 The Source War; Her, Rigoberta Menchu; "The Blood Has to be Purged."; 7 Practice; The Problem with Parachuting; Hard Work, Routine, Disease, and Insanity; The Second Floor; The Psuedo-Event as Press Ritual; The Press Conference as Drama; Manufacturing Consensus; 8 Recreational Rituals; The Opinion and Storytelling Ritual; War as "Fun."; Ritualized Sexual Practices; Drugs and Alcohol; Burn-out; 9 War Photography 327 $aImages of Comandante CarmeloJoe in El Mozote; Dancing in Perquin; PART THREE: TEXT AND REPRESENTATION; 10 The Narrative Structure and Agenda of Objective Journalism; Objectivity; Balance and Fairness; Objective Texts; The Argument Underneath; News as Dramatic Narrative; Nationalism, Capitalism and the Central American News Agenda; The Shifting Agenda Syndrome; "Caught Up in a Total Whirlwind."; 11 Peace Comes to Television; El Salvador Peace Agreement; PART FOUR: DIFFERENCE AND DOMINATION; 13 The Salvadorans of speca; "Involved and in the Middle."; Journalism in El Salvador 327 $aObjectivity is for GringosIdentity and Contradiction; The Colima Bridge Incident; Jonna's Garden; 14 Alternatives; Multiperspectival, Polyvocal, and Global News Alternatives; Gender Censorship and Feminist Alternatives; Maria; Existential Journalism; Epilogue; Appendix: The Journalists; Notes; References; Index 330 $a

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