TY - JOUR
T1 - War journalism and the "KIA Journalistquote;
T2 - The cases of David Bloom and Michael Kelly
AU - Carlson, Matt
PY - 2006/6/1
Y1 - 2006/6/1
N2 - This paper examines mediated discourse around the deaths of two prominent journalists who died in the Iraq war in 2003: NBC reporter David Bloom and Washington Post columnist Michael Kelly. Their deaths are interpreted by journalists though narratives related to bravery, volunteerism, sacrifice, and witnessing. A discursive construct, labeled the "KIA journalist, develops that situates the death of the war reporter within broader tropes connected to the normative journalistic role. Ultimately, Kelly and Bloom are placed in a framework that strives to increase journalism's cultural authority by positioning journalists as representations of the collective good.
AB - This paper examines mediated discourse around the deaths of two prominent journalists who died in the Iraq war in 2003: NBC reporter David Bloom and Washington Post columnist Michael Kelly. Their deaths are interpreted by journalists though narratives related to bravery, volunteerism, sacrifice, and witnessing. A discursive construct, labeled the "KIA journalist, develops that situates the death of the war reporter within broader tropes connected to the normative journalistic role. Ultimately, Kelly and Bloom are placed in a framework that strives to increase journalism's cultural authority by positioning journalists as representations of the collective good.
KW - Journalism
KW - Journalistic Authority
KW - Journalists
KW - War
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U2 - 10.1080/07393180600714471
DO - 10.1080/07393180600714471
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33745088643
SN - 1529-5036
VL - 23
SP - 91
EP - 111
JO - Critical Studies in Media Communication
JF - Critical Studies in Media Communication
IS - 2
ER -