The Routledge Companion to Conflict and Crisis Reporting

Preface

About the Editors

List of Contributors

Introduction

1         Interconnected Disruptions, Fragmented Research, and Scholarly Dialogue

Martin Löffelholz, Bengt Johansson, Aynur Sarısakaloğlu, and Pauline Gidget Estella

Part I – Fundamentals of Conflict and Crisis Reporting

2         Rethinking Conflict and Crisis Reporting in a World-in-Crisis

Simon Cottle

3         Disruptive Technological Innovations

Aynur Sarısakaloğlu

4         Normative Concepts

Meagan E. Doll

5         Decentering Discourses and Structures

Pauline Gidget Estella

Part II – Actors and Organizations in Conflict and Crisis Reporting

6         Journalism as Arena and Actor

Aynur Sarısakaloğlu and Bengt Johansson

7         Organization and Management

Andreas Will, Anca Anton, Anna Jupowicz-Ginalska, and Päivi Maijanen

8         Journalistic Roles and Identities

Sanem Şahin

9         Freelancers, Stringers, and Community Journalists

Maria Diosa Labiste

10      Alternative Actors

Aljosha Karim Schapals

Part III – Influences and Sources in Conflict and Crisis Reporting

11      Governments and Other Political Actors

Glenda Cooper and Howard Tumber

12      Military and Paramilitaries

Kathrin Schleicher

13      Terrorists and Criminal Groups

Liane Rothenberger and Melanie Verhovnik-Heinze

14      Nongovernmental and Intergovernmental Organizations

Audra Diers-Lawson and Andreas Schwarz

15      Witnesses and Affected Persons

Larissa Mae Suarez and Ma. Rosa Cer Bragais

16      Influencers and Nonhuman Actors

Mykola Makhortykh and Vihang Jumle

Part IV – Routines and Practices in Conflict and Crisis Reporting

17     Information Sourcing

Nina Springer and Lea von den Driesch

18      News Selection

Bengt Johansson and Andreas Widholm

19      Writing and Packaging

Jonathan Hendrickx

20      Visual and Multimodal Framing

Yi Xu

21      Data, Artificial Intelligence, and the Frontlines

Colin Porlezza and Mathias-Felipe de-Lima-Santos

Part V – Content and Impact in Conflict and Crisis Reporting

22      Political Crises

Bengt Johansson

23      Wars and Violent Conflicts

Oren Livio

24      Terrorism

Daniela V. Dimitrova and Teodora Trifonova

25      Climate Emergency

Pauline Gidget Estella

26      Public Health Emergencies

Jamie Matthews, Daniel Jackson, and Minh Tran

27      Corporate Crises

Khairul Islam and Matthew W. Seeger

28      Omissions, Stereotypes, and Misrepresentations

Ylva Rodny-Gumede

Part VI – Conflict and Crisis Reporting across the Globe

29      Middle East

Nermeen Alazrak, Sadia Jamil, Alamira Samah Saleh, and Dina Farouk Abou Zeid

30      Sub-Saharan Africa

Allen Munoriyarwa and Trust Matsilele

31      The Americas

Manuel Chavez, Maria Teresa Mercado, and Rogério Christofoletti

32      East and Southeast Asia

Ngoc-Son Le

33      South Asia

Janina Islam Abir, Sadia Jamil, and Shreeraj Gudi

34      Australia and the Pacific

Beate Josephi

35      Europe

Susanne Fengler, Anna Carina Zappe, Michał Kuś, Sandra Lábová, Johanna Mack, Ana Pinto Martinho, Sara Namusoga-Kale, and Johann Roppen

Part VII – The Future of Conflict and Crisis Reporting

36      Economic Development and Funding

Britta M. Gossel

37      Journalistic Competencies

Pauline Gidget Estella and Cheeno Marlo Sayuno

38      Transformations, Tensions, and Trajectories

Martin Löffelholz, Bengt Johansson, Aynur Sarısakaloğlu, and Pauline Gidget Estella

Index

Biography

Martin Löffelholz is Professor and Chair of Media Studies at the Technical University of Ilmenau, Germany, and also heads the International Research Group on Crisis Communication, which he founded in 2002.

Bengt Johansson is Professor of Journalism, Media and Communication at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Aynur Sarısakaloğlu is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Media Studies of the Institute of Media and Communication Studies, Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany.

Pauline Gidget Estella is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Media Studies of the Institute of Media and Communication Studies, Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany.