Journalism Beyond Orwell

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

AvRichard Keeble

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Journalism Beyond Orwell adapts and updates pioneering work by Richard Lance Keeble to explore George Orwell’s legacy as a journalist in original, critical – and often controversial – ways.Though best known as the author of Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four, Orwell was, throughout his career, a journalist. The essays in this collection explore Orwell’s important legacy: as a practising activist journalist critical of the dominant media; as a polemicist, essayist and novelist constantly concerned with issues relating to war and peace; as a literary journalist determined to make ‘political writing an art’; and as a writer who warned of the growing powers of the secret state. Through this highly individualistic essay collection that connects Orwellian themes to modern journalism, Richard Lance Keeble explores key topics, including: Orwell the ‘proto-blogger’ How Orwell put his political economy critique of the corporate press into practice Information warfare in an age of hyper-militarism The manufacture of the myth of heroic warfare in the reporting of the Afghan conflict The debates over the theory and practice of peace journalism The ethical challenges for journalists reporting on conflict The crucial role of the alternative media The pleasures and pitfalls of the celebrity profileThis collection will be of particular interest to students and researchers in journalism studies, English literature, media, intelligence studies and international relations.

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Utgivningsdatum2020-02-12
Mått156 x 234 x 18 mm
Vikt489 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor200
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9780367333560

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Introduction. Why Journalism and Orwell Matter Part I. George Orwell: The Activist JournalistChapter 1. The Myth of Freedom: Orwell and the Press Chapter 2. The Lasting in the Ephemeral: Assessing George Orwell’s ‘As I Please’ Columns Chapter 3. George Orwell as War Correspondent: A Re-assessment Part II. Making Journalism an Art: Literary Journalism TodayChapter 4. Lynn (Demon) Barber: The Pleasures and Pitfalls of the Celebrity Profile Chapter 5. Lara Pawson’s Genre-Busting Memoir – Gravitas and the Celebration of Unique Cultural SpaceChapter 6. John Tulloch: On the Importance of Mischief-Making Part III. War, Peace and the Press: Yesterday and TodayChapter 7. Information Warfare in an Age of Hyper-Militarism Chapter 8. Operation Moshtarak and the Manufacture of Credible, 'Heroic' Warfare Chapter 9. Giving Peace Journalism a Chance Part IV. Scoops and Spooks: Journalism in an Age of Surveillance Capitalism Chapter 10. Journalists and the Secret State Chapter 11. Targeting Gaddafi: Secret Warfare and the Media Chapter 12. Secrets and Lies: On the Ethics of Conflict Coverage

"Richard Keeble is unusual among journalism academics. He thinks like that rare breed of journalist whose work is not subverted by corporatism. With Orwell as a guide, this imaginative, refreshing book illuminates why we should protect the best of our craft." - John Pilger"Keeble offers a refreshing change to the extended monograph. By eschewing an overly rigid structure he also provides space for reflection, embellishing the relationship between Orwell’s own career and the journalistic problems which have persisted long after his death. On the whole, this is an important contribution to the study of British journalism." - Luke Young, Oriel College, Oxford University