A nexus exists between the first television war and the Media coverage. Conflict multiplied by TV coverage equals what? Arguably, television lost wars for the Americans—and the Australians. What we know for certain is that television coverage of war after Vietnam would never be the same again (Maniaty 90). The world delivers a heightening amount of secondary media outlets; cable channels, websites, blogs, and SMS name a few. Free-to-air TV networks, and major cable channels such as CNN, BBC World are producing a far narrower coverage of events, limiting what mainstream audiences perceive as ‘the reality of war’. However, Photojournalist and war reporter’s primary mission of the Iraq war have changed little from the Vietnam era. That is to provide coverage of significant events, and identify their holistic impact and deeper meaning.
Major networks largely failed in the Iraq conflict, screening only …show more content…
As an effect, TV news coverage generally conspired against a more focused context; discouraged its natural offspring, serious debate; and in contradiction of the media’s higher aims, harmed rather than helped the cause of democracy (99). The works of war photojournalism are frequently filtered with the state. This creates a more difficult process for the production of unique media. The usage of handpicked journalist during operations in Afghanistan and in the US-led invasion of Iraq is the latest among other regulation weapons used by the military and the media. (Campbell 2-3)
Before the Vietnam era, it is said that images conveyed in media were less extreme, just as they are today. Showing primarily the more prosperous
Major networks largely failed in the Iraq conflict, screening only …show more content…
As an effect, TV news coverage generally conspired against a more focused context; discouraged its natural offspring, serious debate; and in contradiction of the media’s higher aims, harmed rather than helped the cause of democracy (99). The works of war photojournalism are frequently filtered with the state. This creates a more difficult process for the production of unique media. The usage of handpicked journalist during operations in Afghanistan and in the US-led invasion of Iraq is the latest among other regulation weapons used by the military and the media. (Campbell 2-3)
Before the Vietnam era, it is said that images conveyed in media were less extreme, just as they are today. Showing primarily the more prosperous