Lynch, JakeMcGoldrick, AnnabelAdnan, Indra2019-09-252019-09-252011-10-282010-010143-5558http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/181463"The present authors describe the picture thus constructed as a ‘tug-of-war’, in which ‘anything that is not, unequivocally, winning, risks being interpreted – and reported – as losing’viii. Each party thus acquires a readymade interest in escalating the conflict – trying harder to win – since the only alternative is defeat. Escalation is justified by recourse to propaganda, demonising and dehumanising the ‘other’. War journalism focuses on ‘the suffering of ‘our’ side, [especially] able-bodied white males’, Galtung continues, at the expense of hiding the human cost of organised violence, both physical and psychological."engWith permission of the license/copyright holderwar journalismfeminist ethicsrefugeesjustifying situationscapacity for sufferingCultural ethicsCommunity ethicsMedia/communication/information ethicsSocial ethicsSexual orientation/genderGeneral theology/otherArticle