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Paul FroshPaul Frosh lives in Herzliya, Israel, and is a Lecturer in the Department of Communication and Journalism at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Recent articlesBringing it all back home: 11 September and television as a small medium As an exceptional TV moment, the September attacks on the US do not support Nick Couldrys argument for a change in the way television depicts the world. The truly needed reform lies deeper in the very nature of television as a means of individual and collective self-expression. The apocalypse will be televised: a response to Nick CouldryNick Couldry is right to focus on the inequalities of the global media, and the symbolism of the targets, as part of the meaning of 11 September. But his preference for word over image in the dissemination of the events may be questioned. It is TV which can in principle provide a compulsive reality-check which deepens awareness of such events. |
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