A Brief Note On The Global Crisis Reporting

Taking a normative standpoint, Silverstone maintains that the media should function as a ‘public space that works for the human condition and not against it’ (2007: 33), a ‘moral space’ that promotes the inclusion and care of the other. This cosmopolitan disposition towards the other, especially in the context of distant suffering, can then become the foundation of transnational solidarity and of the pursuit of justice overall (Silverstone, 2007). Silverstone advocates for the media to adopt specific representational principles that foster this sort of cosmopolitan engagement. In particular, he proposes the notion of ‘proper distance’, a theoretical principle that captures the dialectical coexistence between the ‘common humanity’ of the other and his irreducible difference (Silverstone, 2007). ‘Proper distance’, in other words, identifies the degree of proximity that presents the other as ‘other with humanity’ (Chouliaraki and Orgad, 2011); who deserves the dignity that is to be accorded to all humans but is also unique and implicated in specific geopolitical

Within Joyce Nelson’s essay, “TV News: A Structure of Reassurance”, Nelson criticizes the TV news structure that perpetually disconnects current events from their historical background through comforting anchorpeople partnered with advanced technology to create a TV program that minimizes the important implications of current events. Though lacking the amount of information that a print news publication can maintain, the TV news can convey immediate information through technological advances of modern TV equipment to allow the medium to remain competitive. The façade of in-the-moment international information broadcasted directly to viewers enables anchorpeople to maintain the feeling of immediateness, keeping the viewers believing the program

Now I realise it seems a bit hypocritical of me to attack the media’s representation of a news event when I myself am a part of the hype-generating circus we call mass media. However, the voice of my wise, high-school English teacher echoes in my subconscious that we should always be critical of the texts we consume and conscious of the

”The world is not responding to events in this country, but rather to the description of these events by news organizations. The key to understanding the strange nature of the response is thus to be found in the practice of journalism….” (Friedman, 2014)

News has spread around through different means and has rapidly evolved in just the past few hundred years, from newspapers, to news channels, and now also through online media. The purpose of these news outlets is to inform the population on current events locally and internationally. Many people feel as if the news does a good job in captivating audiences and influencing them, but wonder if they are actually reporting the news accurately. In their article, “Pictures in Our Heads,” Anthony Pratkanis and Elliot Aronson thought the same, and made statements stating that the media does effectively influence the population and insinuating that the media does not always portray their coverage accurately; this

The methods that people nowadays use to get news of any kind, whether it be sports, weather, or global, have changed drastically from the time where news was only available through newspapers and radio stations. Regarding terrorism, the media is the only source of information, unless it is a primary account of a soldier who had been at war. However, the media is able to manipulate any story to make someone or something either look good or bad. This is exactly what happened after the occurrence of 9/11. The media, along with the government, caught the wave of nationalism sweeping across the country and built news stories favoring America. For example, not many people talk about how the American government in 1990, intervened in the Middle East after Iraq invaded Kuwait, which could be a possible cause for the attacks of 9/11. This event and many other instances of American intervention in the Middle East have been swept under the rug by the U.S. government through the media. These incidences were all put forth as necessary steps to protect “our” best interests in the region. John Steinbrink, a professor of education and Jeremy Cook, a doctoral candidate at Oklahoma State University, used the media’s coverage of the aftermath of 9/11 as an example for education in media literacy, which is “the ability to read, understand, and interpret the influence of all forms of media in one’s life” (284). Using

Firstly, the “war on terror” had reduced the humanitarian concerns down, and the foreign policy. Furthermore, media coverage had become more deferential and constrained: therefore, reducing the chances of media influencing policy. The “war on terror” most importantly provided journalists with a guide in which they could understand global events and policy makers with the ability to justify a more aggressive foreign policy plan. At last, the “war on terror” had constructed an ideological bond between journalist and policy makers which created stronger media management. Techniques developed to display coverage of certain issues over others to frame stories that support official

As a result, disease becomes represented and associated with particular ethnic groups. The media is the main source of information

Traditionally, media outlets have been mediums that provide a spinless look into the facts of what takes place in the world. The media will cover a wide range of topics, from politics to government to natural disasters to terrorism. But, especially in recent times, the media has become less of a sphere of objectivity and more of a bubble for surrounding consumers with biased and perspective-based news. There is a degree of bias in most sources of news, whether it is in reporting on terrorist attacks or politics. In order to restore the media’s credibility, they must reform the way they cover news stories.

Ebola had already been spotlighted in the media by the 1987 novel Outbreak and 1994’s best-seller nonfiction novel The Hot Zone. The Hot Zone reached number seven on the New York Times nonfiction best-seller list in August of 2014. However, the novel has been “criticized as sensationalist”, using early Ebola outbreaks as a mode for entertainment and excitement. According to Brooke Borel of Popular Science, “these stories provide a catharsis for some of our deepest fears about the invisible threat of a pathogen”, but “they also exacerbate our fears in the real world”. Media was able to warp the threat that Ebola actually posed to the United States, exaggerating the risk the average American faced. The term “germ panic” accurately describes the American perception of Ebola through the lens of popular media and entertainment: a panic that seeped its way into the American mindset, creating a sense of fear that was disproportionate to the actual risk of epidemic. Nancy Tomes, a historian who has studied germ panic, said that “the current Ebola cases came… during a period of distrust of experts as well as a tense geopolitical climate”. The panic surrounding Ebola was amplified by the simultaneous “distrust of experts” and the detail at which science has discovered the inner workings of diseases and epidemics. In the context of media and pop culture, panic seemed to dominate the American response to the Ebola

Health and epidemics trigger the most basic human fear – of death – and frequently serve as a reason for moral panic. Ebola virus is one of such cases. Ebola epidemic coverage in media constructed the image of the West-African victims as deviant. Various articles emphasized the fact that the affected people are uneducated, poor

When reporting on terrorism, the media function as a double-edged sword. They assure terrorists that their grievances will receive public attention; yet they also can mobilize public opinion against the arbitrary use of violence by stripping terrorism of its "romantic veneer" and exposing its violent underpinnings to public scrutiny.20 ' The proposed general industry guidelines should minimize the harms from publicizing terrorist events while maximizing the speech interests vital to a democratic society (Moffitt, 1998). In previous decades, the journalistic mission was to report the news as it actually happened, with fairness, balance, and integrity; Profit gaining motives associated with journalism have forced much of today's television news to look to the spectacular, the stirring, and the controversial as news stories. It's no longer a race to break the story first or get the facts right. Instead, it's to acquire good ratings in order to get advertisers, so that profits soar. The goals of terrorists are not solely confined to winning the attention of the masses. In addition to that, through the media, they aim to publicize their political causes, inform both friends and foes about the motives for terrorist deeds, and explain their rationale for resorting to violence

The first segment of the article covered a routine mocking disaster preparedness, and a segment about American news response to London bombings. The writers for the Daily Show presuppose that news organizations have a responsibility to report objective information, and routinely point out areas where they do not. They show that media often appeals to emotion instead of reasoning, utilizing either/or statements that ignore any other option, and the use of fear mongering and hysteria as a distraction to hide negative information.

All of which appears during the film that collective behavior, crowd psychology, bafflement, helplessness, outrage, conspiracy, and disclosure of a pandemic outbreak could in fact occur in today’s society. Although the opposite occurred in the film of the roles of local and state health officials, they are normally at the front line of defense during an outbreak. In addition, communication among all organizations in the film and in real life is critical. In this instance, communication, aided in the treatment, vaccination processes, research and scientific approaches, and solutions for public, healthcare, and government organizations to successfully put into place isolation and quarantine

In today¡¦s society journalism is under close scrutiny and is losing its credibility. Sensationalism effects both those who receive it in addition to those who report it. This essay will review the history of sensationalism in the media, clearly demonstrate how sensationalism effects ours views on journalism, and confront the ethical dilemmas that journalists must face between reporting objectively and reporting what sells. This will be accomplished by investigating various sources, including articles published on the Internet as well as those published in newspapers and magazines.