Global Crisis Reporting: Journalism in the Global Age

1. Global crisis, what crisis? 2. Journalism in the global age 3. (Un)natural disasters: The calculus of death and the ritualization of catastrophe 4. Ecology and climate change: From science and sceptics to spectacle and! 5. Forced migrations and human rights: Antinomies in the mediated ethics of care 6. New wars and the global war on terror: On vicarious, visceral violence 7. The 'CNN effect' and 'compassion fatigue': Researching beyond commonsense 8. Humanitarian NGOs, news media and the changing relations of communicative power 9. Global crisis reporting: Conclusions Glossary