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Jessica M. Fishman
''Death Makes the News: How the Media Censor and Display the Dead'' is a book by social and behavioral scientist Jessica M. Fishman. It was published in 2017 by New York University Press. The book focuses on the media's response to and portrayal of violent events, particularly when it comes to photographs. It also focuses on newsworthiness of tragedies, and comparisons in how different types of events, like natural disasters or mass murder, are covered, and the usage by relatives of victims of photos to attempt to get justice. The book itself contains photos of the dead in some cases, with the cover featuring the widely publicized photo of the assassination of Andrei Karlov. Fishman based her research off of an analysis of the photos included in the coverage of four American news outlets, both tabloid and broadsheet, as well as interviews with several journalists in those and other publications. In her conclusion, she goes against the typical perception of the media's coverag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assassination Of Andrei Karlov
Andrei Karlov, the Russian Ambassador to Turkey, was assassinated by Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş, an off-duty Turkish police officer, at an art exhibition in Ankara, Turkey, on the evening of 19 December 2016. The assassination took place after several days of protests in Turkey over Russian involvement in the Syrian Civil War and the battle over Aleppo. Background The assassination took place after an extended period of a highly polarized political atmosphere in Turkey, and several days of protests by Turks against Russian involvement in the Syrian Civil War and in particular the battle over Aleppo. Russian and Turkish officials held talks on brokering a ceasefire in Syria during the evacuation of Aleppo. Russia, Turkey and Iran planned to meet to negotiate a settlement over the Syrian Civil War. Assassination Karlov, the Russian Ambassador to Turkey, had been invited to deliver a speech at the opening of an exhibition of Turkish photography of the Russian countryside. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
