 | Routledge Companion to Media and Humanitarian Action Subjects: Area Studies; Communication Studies; Global Development; Geography; Humanities; Law; Politics & International Relations; Development Studies Environment Social Work Urban Studies; Social Sciences; Urban Studies; African Studies; Asian Studies; Central Asian Russian & Eastern European Studies; European Studies; Latin American & Hispanic Studies; Middle East Studies; Communication Ethics; Development Communication; Political Communication; Risk Communication; Global Development; Hazards & Disasters; Human Rights Law & Civil Liberties; International Politics; Politics & the Media; Politics & Technology; Cultural Studies; Political Studies; Anthropology; Urban Communications & Technology; Media & Film Studies; Security Studies - Pol & Intl Relns; Sociology; Sociology & Social Policy; Broadcast Media; Media & Communications; Journalism & Professional Media; Peacekeeping; Peace Studies; War & Conflict Studies; Social Inequality; Social & Political Theory; Sociology of Media; In this moment of unprecedented humanitarian crises, the representations of global disasters are increasingly common media themes around the world. The Routledge Companion to Media and Humanitarian Action explores the interconnections between media, old and new, and the humanitarian challenges that have come to define the twenty-first century. Contributors, including media professionals and experts in humanitarian affairs, grapple with what kinds of media language, discourse, terms, and campaigns can offer enough context and background knowledge to nurture informed global citizens. Case studies of media practices, content analysis and evaluation of media coverage, and representations of humanitarian emergencies and affairs offer further insight into the ways in which strategic communications are designed and implemented in field of humanitarian action. |
