Death makes the news : how the media censor and display the dead / Jessica M. Fishman.

By: Fishman, Jessica M [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : New York University Press, [2017]Copyright date: 2017Description: 1 online resource (210 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780814785911 (e-book)Subject(s): Death -- Press coverage | Journalism -- Social aspectsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Death makes the news : how the media censor and display the dead.DDC classification: 070.4/493069 LOC classification: PN4784.D37 | F57 2017Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Death concealed: the picture problem -- "Cold bodies are hot stuff" -- Alternative images -- The industry's ample access -- Intentionally ambiguous images -- Layers of resistance -- Word versus image -- Death revealed: exceptions to the rule -- Pictures in the popular and patrician press -- Nationality and the "newsworthy" image -- Innocence and the "newsworthy" victim -- Mass tragedy and the biggest disasters -- The fantastic feats of some photos -- Victims seeking visibility -- In the end -- Appendix: defining a postmortem picture -- Notes -- Index -- About the author.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Death concealed: the picture problem -- "Cold bodies are hot stuff" -- Alternative images -- The industry's ample access -- Intentionally ambiguous images -- Layers of resistance -- Word versus image -- Death revealed: exceptions to the rule -- Pictures in the popular and patrician press -- Nationality and the "newsworthy" image -- Innocence and the "newsworthy" victim -- Mass tragedy and the biggest disasters -- The fantastic feats of some photos -- Victims seeking visibility -- In the end -- Appendix: defining a postmortem picture -- Notes -- Index -- About the author.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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