Representations Of War And Conflict

Question 1

Martin Bell on the journalism of attachment, 1998

Answer 1

Argues that objectivity is impossible in war reporting and so journalism of attachment is the best method as it rejects the idea of taking of an objective side but instead believes that the war reporter should experience the war subjectively, caring for both sides

Question 2

Greg Philo and Mike Berry on coverage of the Israel Palestine conflict, 2011

Answer 2

A thematic analysis of BBC and ITV coverage of the rise of intifada (Palestinian uprising against the Israeli) in 2000 found that 28 percent of coverage was focused on violence whilst 33 percent was focused on prospects for peace and negotiations

Question 3

Piers Robinson on British coverage of war, 2013

Answer 3

Argues that oppositional reporting and coverage of war, which opposes government policies on war and conflicts and looks for alternatives/ encourages them, is extremely rare because it does support government so received no government support