Death Makes the News

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Death Makes the News is written by Jessica M. Fishman and published by NYU Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0814770754 (ISBN 10) and 9780814770757 (ISBN 13).

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Death concealed: the picture problem -- "Cold bodies are hot stuff"--Alternative images -- The industry's ample access -- Intentionally ambiguous images -- Layers of resistance -- Word versus image -- Death revealed: exceptions to the rule -- Pictures in the popular and patrician press -- Nationality and the "newsworthy" image -- Innocence and the "newsworthy" victim -- Mass tragedy and the biggest disasters -- The fantastic feats of some photos -- Victims seeking visibility -- In the end -- Appendix: defining a postmortem picture -- Notes -- Index -- About the author