U.S. Condemns New Photos of Soldiers Posing With Afghan Corpses

Expert comment from the University of Pennsylvania

U.S. Condemns New Photos of Soldiers Posing With Afghan Corpses

What is the fascination with this activity

More info: http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/04/18/los_angeles_times_photos_u_s_soldiers_with_afghan_insurgent_corpses.html?from=rss/&wpisrc=newsletter_slatest

“There is a long history of such images [appearing during] wartime,” Prof. Zelizer says. “The only difference now is that they are being circulated widely through the Internet.”

Expert:

Barbie Zelizer, Ph.D.

Raymond Williams Chair in Communication

Annenberg School for Communication

University of Pennsylvania

Her bio: http://www.asc.upenn.edu/Faculty/Faculty-Bio.aspx?id=108

 

Research interests:

How news images affect the public

  • Journalism and cultural studies 
  • Media criticism 
  • Studies of journalism as a cultural practice 

Note: Prof. Zelizer is author of About to Die: How News Images Move the Public (Oxford, 2010).