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

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: Spanish Publisher: New York : New York University Press, [2017]Description: viii, 281 p. : ill. ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780814770757
  • 9780814760451
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 070.4 23
LOC classification:
  • PN 4784 F537d 2017
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.
Summary: How wireless technology is redefining the relationship of communication, technology, and society around the world-in everyday work and life, in youth culture, in politics, and in the developing world.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Automatización y Procesos Técnicos (1er. Piso) PN 4784 F537d 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000132580

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.

How wireless technology is redefining the relationship of communication, technology, and society around the world-in everyday work and life, in youth culture, in politics, and in the developing world.

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