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Journalists Under Fire
Anthony Feinstein
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Description for Journalists Under Fire
What emerges are unique insights into lives lived dangerously. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: JMJ; JWL; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
As journalists in Iraq and other hot spots around the world continue to face harrowing dangers and personal threats, neuropsychiatrist Anthony Feinstein offers a timely and important exploration into the psychological damage of those who, armed only with pen, tape recorder, or camera, bear witness to horror. Based on a series of recent studies investigating the emotional impact of war on the profession, Journalists under Fire breaks new ground in the study of trauma-related disorders. Feinstein opens with an overview of the life-threatening hazards war reporters face-abductions, mock executions, the deaths of close colleagues-and discusses their psychological consequences: ... Read more
As journalists in Iraq and other hot spots around the world continue to face harrowing dangers and personal threats, neuropsychiatrist Anthony Feinstein offers a timely and important exploration into the psychological damage of those who, armed only with pen, tape recorder, or camera, bear witness to horror. Based on a series of recent studies investigating the emotional impact of war on the profession, Journalists under Fire breaks new ground in the study of trauma-related disorders. Feinstein opens with an overview of the life-threatening hazards war reporters face-abductions, mock executions, the deaths of close colleagues-and discusses their psychological consequences: ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801884412
SKU
V9780801884412
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About Anthony Feinstein
Anthony Feinstein is a professor of psychiatry at the University of Toronto and a Guggenheim Fellow.
Reviews for Journalists Under Fire
[A] singular feat.
Carlin Romano Philadelphia Inquirer 2006 Any college-level collection strong in journalism must have Journalists under Fire. California Bookwatch 2006 Feinstein's eye-opener should be compulsory reading for all news managers, for whom 'dramatic war footage will always prove irresistible.' The Australian Feinstein is a consummate researcher with an insightful and beautifully poetic writing style... As soon as ... Read more
Carlin Romano Philadelphia Inquirer 2006 Any college-level collection strong in journalism must have Journalists under Fire. California Bookwatch 2006 Feinstein's eye-opener should be compulsory reading for all news managers, for whom 'dramatic war footage will always prove irresistible.' The Australian Feinstein is a consummate researcher with an insightful and beautifully poetic writing style... As soon as ... Read more