Wikipedia:United States Education Program/Courses/Embattled Media: Conflict and War Journalism (Adel Iskandar)/Course description

Course description
This course problematizes the occupational and professional challenges media organizations, news providers, and journalistic duties when the subject is one characterized by conflict, confrontation, antagonism and war. By looking at international case studies in the mediation of news including the World Wars, Vietnam War, Korean War, Gulf War, Afghanistan war, Iraq war, "The Troubles" in Ireland and United Kingdom, Cold War, Arab-Israeli wars and conflict, Rwandan genocide, Baltic conflict, the Drug War, Latin American civil wars, conflict in the DR of Congo etc, the course discusses the most pressing debates in contemporary journalism from notions of objectivity and neutrality to mobilization and incitement. The course materials will look at ways in which media serve as public diplomacy, propaganda, psychological operations and arenas for reconciliation. The course will also grapple with the challenges facing conflict journalism with the rise of citizen journalism, cyberactivism, advocacy journalism, the post-9/11 media scene, and the growing terrain of alternative media.

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