Media Witnessing: Testimony in the Age of Mass Communication Book

Introduction Why Media Witnessing? Why Now? Paul Frosh Frosh, Paul Amit Pinchevski Pinchevski, Amit 1

Pt. I Perspectives on Media Witnessing

1 Witnessing John Durham Peters Peters, John Durham 23

An Afterword: Torchlight Red on Sweaty Faces John Durham Peters Peters, John Durham 42

2 Telling Presences: Witnessing, Mass Media, and the Imagined Lives of Strangers Paul Frosh Frosh, Paul 49

3 Mundane Witness John Ellis Ellis, John 73

4 Witness as a Cultural Form of Communication: Historical Roots, Structural Dynamics, and Current Appearances Gunter Thomas Thomas, Gunter 89

5 Archaic Witnessing and Contemporary News Media Menahem Blondheim Blondheim, Menahem Tamar Liebes Liebes, Tamar 112

Pt. II Performances of Media Witnessing

6 Witnessing as a Field Tamar Ashuri Ashuri, Tamar Amit Pinchevski Pinchevski, Amit 133

7 From Danger to Trauma: Affective Labor and the Journalistic Discourse of Witnessing Carrie Rentschler Rentschler, Carrie 158

8 Scientific Witness, Testimony, and Mediation Joan Leach Leach, Joan 182

9 Witnessing Trauma on Film Roy Brand Brand, Roy 198

Index 216