Subject Guides
War and the Media
This list includes books and videos examining the role of the media in wars from WWI to the current Iraq war . Websites from the U.S. government, the Australian Parliamentary Library, and journalism schools and organizations are included. (Created July, 2004; updated January 2007).
Last update 08/12/2009 For additional resources, search the library's catalog with:- Mass media and war.
- Iraq War, 2003 -- Journalists
- Iraq War, 2003 -- Mass media and the war
- Iraq War, 2003 -- Press coverage
- Iraq War, 2003 -- Television and the war.
- Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Television and the war
- Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- Press coverage
- Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- Television and the war
- War -- Press coverage
- War correspondents
- War in mass media
Embedded Reporters: What are Americans Getting?
by Project for Excellence in Journalism
The Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ) is an initiative sponsored by Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and the Pew Charitable Trusts that promotes higher standards in American journalism through education and research. This study examined newscasts in March 2003 to determine how much of the news broadcasts consisted of their reports from embedded reporters, and what types of information they reported.
by Project for Excellence in Journalism
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The Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ) is an initiative sponsored by Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and the Pew Charitable Trusts that promotes higher standards in American journalism through education and research. This study examined newscasts in March 2003 to determine how much of the news broadcasts consisted of their reports from embedded reporters, and what types of information they reported.
Iraq: Media and the "Information War"
by U.S. Department of State's Office of Research
Summaries and links from around the world regarding how media from different countries are covering the war in Iraq. Includes links to Arab, European, African, and Asian newspapers.
by U.S. Department of State's Office of Research
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Summaries and links from around the world regarding how media from different countries are covering the war in Iraq. Includes links to Arab, European, African, and Asian newspapers.
Military Reporters and Editors (MRE)
The MRE shares and develops practices and tools for covering the U.S. military, national security and homeland defense, and it works to ensure press access and public disclosure wherever the military operates. The MRE website includes general information on the military and information on covering the military.
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The MRE shares and develops practices and tools for covering the U.S. military, national security and homeland defense, and it works to ensure press access and public disclosure wherever the military operates. The MRE website includes general information on the military and information on covering the military.
Media Under Fire: Reporting Conflict in Iraq
A research brief prepared by the Australian government's parliamentary library that discusses the role of a free press, the conflict between the military and the free press, the effect of "embedding" journalists on their coverage, and the impact of new technology on journalists and war coverage.
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A research brief prepared by the Australian government's parliamentary library that discusses the role of a free press, the conflict between the military and the free press, the effect of "embedding" journalists on their coverage, and the impact of new technology on journalists and war coverage.
War isn't hell, it's entertainment : essays on visual media and the representation of conflict
by Schubart, Rikke (ed.).
(McFarland, 2009)
by Schubart, Rikke (ed.).
(McFarland, 2009)
Leading to the 2003 Iraq war : the global media debate
by Nikolaev, Alexander; Hakanen, Ernest (eds.)
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2006)
by Nikolaev, Alexander; Hakanen, Ernest (eds.)
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2006)
Language wars : the role of media and culture in global terror and political violence
by Lewis, Jeff
(Pluto Press, 2005)
by Lewis, Jeff
(Pluto Press, 2005)
Tell me lies : propaganda and media distortion in the attack on Iraq
by Miller, David
(Pluto Press, 2004)
by Miller, David
(Pluto Press, 2004)
Beyond the front lines : how the news media cover a world shaped by war
by Seib, Philip M.
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2004)
Table of Contents
by Seib, Philip M.
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2004)
Table of Contents
Media, war, and terrorism : responses from the Middle East and Asia
by Veer, Peter Van Der; Munshi, Shoma
(RoutledgeCurzon, 2004)
Table of Contents
by Veer, Peter Van Der; Munshi, Shoma
(RoutledgeCurzon, 2004)
Table of Contents
Televising war : from Vietnam to Iraq
by Hoskins, Andrew
(Continuum, 2004)
by Hoskins, Andrew
(Continuum, 2004)
The weekly war : newsmagazines and Vietnam
by Landers, James
(University of Missouri Press, 2004)
by Landers, James
(University of Missouri Press, 2004)
Now they tell us : the American press and Iraq
by Massing, Michael
(New York Review Books, 2004)
by Massing, Michael
(New York Review Books, 2004)
Media at war : the Iraq crisis
by Tumber, Howard; Palmer, Jerry
(SAGE, 2004)
by Tumber, Howard; Palmer, Jerry
(SAGE, 2004)
Al Qaeda's great escape : the military and the media on terror's trail
by Smucker, Philip
(Brassey's, 2004)
by Smucker, Philip
(Brassey's, 2004)
Weapons of mass persuasion : marketing the war against Iraq
by Rutherford, Paul
(University of Toronto Press, 2004)
by Rutherford, Paul
(University of Toronto Press, 2004)
War spin
by BBC Education & Training
Originally broadcast in 2003 as a documentary from the BBC series: Correspondent. "Analyzes the heroic reports of the ambush, capture, and rescue of Private Jessica Lynch, calling them misrepresentations designed to bolster weak support for the Iraq war effort." (46 min.)
by BBC Education & Training
Format: DVD
Publishing Information: Films for the Humanities and Sciences, 2004
Location: McNichols Campus Library
Call Number: DS 79.76 .W37 2004 DVD
Publishing Information: Films for the Humanities and Sciences, 2004
Location: McNichols Campus Library
Call Number: DS 79.76 .W37 2004 DVD
Originally broadcast in 2003 as a documentary from the BBC series: Correspondent. "Analyzes the heroic reports of the ambush, capture, and rescue of Private Jessica Lynch, calling them misrepresentations designed to bolster weak support for the Iraq war effort." (46 min.)
"Getting a more complete war story: Arab + U.S. television = more accurate war"
by Khouri, Rami G.
Available through the InfoTrac OneFile Database.
by Khouri, Rami G.
Journal Name: Nieman Reports
Volume (issue), date, pages: 57(2), Summer 2003, 93
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Volume (issue), date, pages: 57(2), Summer 2003, 93
Click here for Electronic Access
Available through the InfoTrac OneFile Database.
Global journalist : news and conscience in a world of conflict
by Seib, Philip M.
(Rowman & Littlefield, 2002)
by Seib, Philip M.
(Rowman & Littlefield, 2002)
The media at war : communication and conflict in the twentieth century
by Carruthers, Susan L.
(St. Martin's Press, 2000)
by Carruthers, Susan L.
(St. Martin's Press, 2000)
Debating war and peace : media coverage of U.S. intervention in the post-Vietnam era
by Mermin, Jonathan
(Princeton University Press, 1999)
by Mermin, Jonathan
(Princeton University Press, 1999)
War & press freedom : the problem of prerogative power
by Smith, Jeffery Alan
(Oxford University Press, 1999)
by Smith, Jeffery Alan
(Oxford University Press, 1999)
Media of conflict : war reporting and representations of ethnic violence
by Allen, Tim; Seaton, Jean (eds.)
(St. Martin's Press, 1999)
by Allen, Tim; Seaton, Jean (eds.)
(St. Martin's Press, 1999)
Shermans other war : the general and the Civil War press
by Marszalek, John F.
(Kent State University Press, 1999)
by Marszalek, John F.
(Kent State University Press, 1999)
War and the media : a random searchlight
by Hudson, Miles
(New York University Press, 1998)
by Hudson, Miles
(New York University Press, 1998)
Military and the media : why the press cannot be trusted to cover a war
by Kennedy, William V.
(Praeger, 1993)
by Kennedy, William V.
(Praeger, 1993)
Ranks and columns : armed forces newspapers in American wars
by Cornebise, Alfred E.
(Greenwood Press, 1993)
by Cornebise, Alfred E.
(Greenwood Press, 1993)
W W II--the propaganda battle
by Blumer, Ronald; Moyers, Bill; Weisberger, Bernard A.
Segment from the television program: A Walk through the 20th century with Bill Moyers. . "Moyers interviews two chief participants in the propaganda conflict-Fritz Hippler and Frank Capra." (53 min.)
by Blumer, Ronald; Moyers, Bill; Weisberger, Bernard A.
Format: VHS
Publishing Information: PBS Video, 1982
Location: McNichols Campus Library
Call Number: D 810 .P6 W9 1988
Publishing Information: PBS Video, 1982
Location: McNichols Campus Library
Call Number: D 810 .P6 W9 1988
Segment from the television program: A Walk through the 20th century with Bill Moyers. . "Moyers interviews two chief participants in the propaganda conflict-Fritz Hippler and Frank Capra." (53 min.)
Creating Rosie the Riveter : class, gender, and propaganda during World War II
by Honey, Maureen
(University of Massachusetts Press, 1984)
by Honey, Maureen
(University of Massachusetts Press, 1984)
Forum for protest : the Black press during World War II
by Finkle, Lee
(Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1975)
by Finkle, Lee
(Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1975)
First casualty : from the Crimea to Vietnam : the war correspondent as hero, propagandist, and myth maker
by Knightley, Phillip
(Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975)
by Knightley, Phillip
(Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975)
Nations fight for survival, A. The 1941 revolution and war in Yugoslavia as reported by the American Press.
(1944)
(1944)
