“The Concrete Inversion of Life”

Vinson, Kevin D.; Ross, E. Wayne; Wilson, Melissa

doi:10.1163/9789460912788_007

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“…I think they want to share information, but they feel like they have to get our attention first … they have to show tension … they might not have it all right (facts and details).” In short, the media was appealing to the viewers’ ever-dwindling attention span. The students asserted that the consumers of television news were interested in the spectacle (Vinson & Ross, 2010) as opposed to the reality and truth of war. As Debord (1967) and Vinson, Ross, and Wilson (2010) argued, Americans have become passive consumers, and, through our passivity, consumption, and lack of critique, American consumers of television media accept the wartime narratives presented to them.…”

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“…Sontag argued that photos could reveal both horror and beauty in equal measure. However, as is the case with any medium of communication and art (Desai, Hamlin, & Mattson, 2010; Sontag, 2003; Vinson et al., 2010), photographs can also be used to tell truths and lies in equal measure.…”

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“…As such, the media is not interested in reporting “truth” or detailed facts, but reporting that which will garner viewers and raise revenue. In other words, it is part of the spectacle (Vinson et al., 2010). However, none of the students recognized the “checking” function of journalism in a democracy.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In short, the media was appealing to the viewers' ever-dwindling attention span. The students asserted that the consumers of television news were interested in the spectacle (Vinson & Ross, 2010) as opposed to the reality and truth of war. As Debord (1967) and Vinson, Ross, and Wilson (2010) argued, Americans have become passive consumers, and, through our passivity, consumption, and lack of critique, American consumers of television media accept the wartime narratives presented to them.…”

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confidence: 99%

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“No One Should See What They Have to Do”: Military Children and Media Representations of War

Gibbs

Hilburn

2021

The Journal of Social Studies Research

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The primary objective of this article is to describe how the children of soldiers critiqued and examined media representations of war. Taken from a more extensive qualitative case study involving eight teachers, this article examines one social studies teacher and her students’ perspectives on media coverage of war through two Socratic Seminar discussions focused on two wars: the American Civil War and Gulf War. Data was collected through interviews, focus groups, and classroom observations. Students leveled a specific set of critiques at television media and those who consume it. They also grappled with two ethical quandaries: censorship and the justness of war. This article emerged from an unusual place – a Mathew Brady photograph. The teacher, a lecturer typically, decided to engage her students in discussion. This discussion was designed to provide “process and sense-making time,” according to their teacher, Ms. Jones, after four days of lecture on the American Civil War. Yet, the discussion grew into something much different than Ms. Jones's original plan. It evolved into an interrogation of how the media represents war. Inspired by the thoughtful discussion, several months later, Ms. Jones engaged the same students in an examination of media representations of the first Gulf War. Ms. Jones is the focus of this article because out of the eight other teachers in the larger qualitative study, she was the only one to focus on classroom time (two entire class sessions) on media representations of war.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%