Donald Matheson, Senior Lecturer in Mass Communication, University of Canterbury, New Zealand Stuart Allan, Professor of Journalism, Bournemouth University

• 1 New Wars, New Reporting 12 The ‘First Internet War’ 283 Conflicted Realities 584 The Citizen Journalist at War 925 Visual Truths: Images in Wartime 1306 Making Connections: The Politics of Mediation 166References 188Index 206

"This is an incisive and often gripping study of how digital media transform coverage of conflict. For those who study the evolving relationship between war and journalism, Digital War Reporting is essential reading."Philip Seib, University of Southern California "If satellite television muddied the wartime distinction between 'us' and 'them,' newer digital technologies make it even more problematic. Matheson and Allan deftly critique these developments, revealing the moral and political dimensions of war reporting transmitted through these new forms of personal, social and journalistic expression."Stephen D. Reese, University of Texas

Donald Matheson, Senior Lecturer in Mass Communication, University of Canterbury, New Zealand Stuart Allan, Professor of Journalism, Bournemouth University

• 1 New Wars, New Reporting 12 The ‘First Internet War’ 283 Conflicted Realities 584 The Citizen Journalist at War 925 Visual Truths: Images in Wartime 1306 Making Connections: The Politics of Mediation 166References 188Index 206

"This is an incisive and often gripping study of how digital media transform coverage of conflict. For those who study the evolving relationship between war and journalism, Digital War Reporting is essential reading."Philip Seib, University of Southern California "If satellite television muddied the wartime distinction between 'us' and 'them,' newer digital technologies make it even more problematic. Matheson and Allan deftly critique these developments, revealing the moral and political dimensions of war reporting transmitted through these new forms of personal, social and journalistic expression."Stephen D. Reese, University of Texas

Donald Matheson, Senior Lecturer in Mass Communication, University of Canterbury, New Zealand Stuart Allan, Professor of Journalism, Bournemouth University

• 1 New Wars, New Reporting 12 The ‘First Internet War’ 283 Conflicted Realities 584 The Citizen Journalist at War 925 Visual Truths: Images in Wartime 1306 Making Connections: The Politics of Mediation 166References 188Index 206

"This is an incisive and often gripping study of how digital media transform coverage of conflict. For those who study the evolving relationship between war and journalism, Digital War Reporting is essential reading."Philip Seib, University of Southern California "If satellite television muddied the wartime distinction between 'us' and 'them,' newer digital technologies make it even more problematic. Matheson and Allan deftly critique these developments, revealing the moral and political dimensions of war reporting transmitted through these new forms of personal, social and journalistic expression."Stephen D. Reese, University of Texas