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Notes on the public sphere on a national and post-national axis: Journalism and freedom of expression in Turkey

Miyase Christensen

Global Media and Communication, volume 6, issue 2 (2010), pp. 177-197

"Since Turkey became a candidate for the European Union in 1999, democratic rights and freedom of expression have been key issues in discourses surrounding EU—Turkey relations. Discussions on these questions often centre on state censorship and legislative constraints. The role of the media themse ... more

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Protecting Press Freedom in an Environment of Violence and Impunity

Dolia Estévez

University of San Diego, Trans-Border Institute;Woodrow Wilson Center, Mexico Institute (2010), 21 pp.

"This chapter reviews the situation of violence against the press in Mexico and what each of the different actors involved is doing, or not doing, to address a problem that in some Mexican states has reached alarming crisis levels. The essay examines the political willingness and steps taken by the ... more

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The culture of impunity: What journalists need to know about international humanitarian law

Roderic Alley

Pacific Journalism Review, volume 16, issue 1 (2010), pp. 78-95

"Whether they are nationals reporting wars occurring within their countries or international news media staff, journalists are facing growing dangers when covering conflict events. As civilians, they are protected to some extent by international humanitarian law (IHL). But what are these rules and h ... more

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The mutual perception between deputies and Spanish parliamentary journalists and its influence in political and media agendas

María Rosa Berganza, Arjen Van Dalen, María Ángeles Chaparro

Revista de Comunicación, volume 9 (2010), pp. 7-25

"This paper examines the relationship between parliamentary journalists and Spanish Members of Parliament. The study, based on surveys, is part of a European research in which Germany, Denmark and the United Kingdom have also participated. Among the key conclusions, it highlights the remarkable powe ... more

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Politicians and the News Media: How Elite Attacks Influence Perceptions of Media Bias

Glen R. Smith

International Journal of Press/Politics, volume 15, issue 3 (2010), pp. 319-43

"When political elites receive unfavorable news coverage, a common strategy is to attack the source. Past research suggests that attacks on the news media increase perceptions of media bias, but it remains unclear how this occurs. Using two experiments, the author examines how attacks on the news me ... more

Witnessing trauma in the newsroom: Posttraumatic symptoms in television journalists exposed to violent news clips

Anke Weidmann, Jenny Papsdorf

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, volume 198, issue 4 (2010), pp. 264-271

"Employees working in television newsrooms are exposed to video footage of violent events on a daily basis. It is yet unknown whether they subsequently develop symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder as has been shown for other populations exposed to trauma through television. We conducted an inte ... more

Safeguarding Speech: A Shield for Journalists under Threat

Jean-François Julliard

Harvard International Review, volume 32, issue 3 (2010), pp. 46-49

"Reporters Without Borders monitors abuse of journalists and freedom of the press around the world-a job increasing in difficulty. Since its creation in 1985, Reporters Without Borders (RWB) has become one of the largest international NGOs dedicated to defending press freedom and advocating for the ... more

From Danger to Trauma Affective Labor and the Journalistic Discourse of Witnessing

Carrie Rentschler

In: Media Witnessing: Testimony in the Age of Mass Communication

Paul Frosh; Amit Pinchevski (eds.)

Palgrave (2009), pp. 158-181

"According to recent reports on violence committed against journalists, journalism is a dangerous, fear-inspiring job. In the wake of Daniel Pearl’s kidnapping and murder in January 2002 and the less-publicized but equally brutal killings of journalists in Bangladesh, the Philippines, the wars in ... more

The psychological health of contractors working in war zones

Anthony Feinstein, Maggie Botes

Journal of Traumatic Stress, volume 22, issue 2 (2009), pp. 102-105

"This study examines the psychological health of contractors working in war zones. Seventy-nine contractors completed an Internet-based psychiatric assessment. The sample was exclusively male with a mean age of 43 (SD = 7) years. The number of contractors whose scores exceeded the cutoff points for ... more

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The Philippine President as Tortfeasor-in-Chief: Establishing Civil Liability for Constitutional Negligence

Florin Ternal Hilbay

Asian Journal of Comparative Law, volume 4 (2009), pp. 1-54

"This article analyzes the liability of the Philippine President for the tort of constitutional negligence in relation to the murders and forced disappearances of leftists, journalists, and other dissidents. It uses the international law doctrine of command responsibility as a form of attribution th ... more

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Don't shoot the messenger: Prospects for protecting journalists in conflict situations

M. Joanne Lisosky, Jennifer Henrichsen

Media, War & Conflict, volume 2, issue 2 (2009), pp. 129-148

"One of the greatest threats to freedom of expression around the world is the violence committed against journalists practicing their profession in conflict situations. During the last 20 years, an alarming number of journalists have been targeted or killed when reporting about war. This situation h ... more

Addressing the Effects of Assignment Stress Injury

Marla Buchanan, Patrice Keats

Journalism Practice, volume 3, issue 2 (2009), pp. 162-177

"The purpose of this article is to present the results of a qualitative study on assignment stress injury within journalism. Thirty-one Canadian journalists and photojournalists participated in the research study. The focus of this article is on recommendations offered by our participants to address ... more

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Journalists: Shielded from the dangers of war in their pursuit of the truth?

Shannon Bosch

South African Yearbook of International Law, volume 34, issue 1 (2009), pp. 70-100

"This piece seeks to unpack these questions by exploring the current protection afforded journalists under both general international law and IHL (Part I); the IHL status of journalists (both those embedded in the military and those reporting as freelance / independent journalists) (Part II); target ... more

Twenty-First Century Embedded Journalists: Lawful Targets?

W. Douglas Moore

Army Lawyer, issue July (2009), 32 pp.

"In light of the U.S. functionality test to Article 51(3), the role and use of today’s embedded journalist in international armed conflicts poses a direct threat to their civilian protections under Article 79 of Protocol I. Despite the fact that embedded journalism has helped to facilitate better ... more

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Staying alive in the killing fields

Nick Pollard

British Journalism Review, volume 20, issue 1 (2009), pp. 27-32

"Reporting on wars has always been a risky business for journalists. But news organisations have transformed their approach to safety in recent years by ensuring that all their staff sent to the front line have as much training as possible to minimise their chances of becoming victims of the conflic ... more

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Journalism in Central Asia: A Victim of Politics, Economics, and Widespread Self-censorship

Timothy Kenny, Peter Gross

International Journal of Press/Politics, volume 13, issue 4 (2008), pp. 515-525

"Significant efforts to develop an independent journalism have stumbled badly in Central Asia, where politics, economics and the unforeseen consequence of widespread self-censorship have derailed development of a Western-style media and the democracy it serves. What is worse, from Kazakhstan to Uzbe ... more

The protection of journalists in armed conflicts

Robin Geiss

German Yearbook of International Law, volume 51 (2008), pp. 289-320

"The first casualty of war is truth. Disinformation and tactical ruses of war have constituted essential components of warfare throughout history. Over time, influencing public opinion - and consequentially securing the prime position to exert such influence - has become ever more significant. In mo ... more

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The international protection of journalists in armed conflict and other violent situations

Ben Saul

Australian Journal of Human Rights, volume 14, issue 1 (2008), pp. 99-140

"Media reporting of armed conflict and other situations of heightened violence has become increasingly perilous, with large numbers of journalists and other media personnel killed or deliberately targeted because of their professional work, including by government forces and non-government actors. T ... more

Journalists, war crimes and international justice

Howard Tumber

Media, War & Conflict, volume 1, issue 3 (2008), pp. 261-269

"The examination of the ethical and moral issues surrounding the reporting of war crimes signals one of the outstanding problems facing journalism in the contemporary era. As the nature of war has changed, so has the nature of the journalism mandated to cover it, and the selection of war crimes tria ... more