Which suggests something about media and war: it's not just that events happen and the media documents and presents them. There is a third element: what the public is ready to accept, what the public wants to know. Bruce Jackson acceptdocumentelement share on social
America has the longest prison sentences in the West, yet the only condition long sentences demonstrably cure is heterosexuality. Bruce Jackson americaconditioncure Change image and share on social
Vietnam is often called our only uncensored war, but that only means that the government wasn't vetting the pictures and words. Bruce Jackson callgovernmentmean Change image and share on social
Both of our wars in Iraq were, on American television, largely bloodless. Bruce Jackson americanbloodlessiraq Change image and share on social
The media is not at all homogeneous in the way it tells us about war. Bruce Jackson homogeneousmediumtell Change image and share on social
You've gotten words about those American and Iraqi deaths and mutilations, but precious few images. Bruce Jackson americandeathhave Change image and share on social
The key fact missed most often by social scientists utilizing documentary films for data, is this: documentary films are not found or reported things; they're made things. Bruce Jackson datumdocumentaryfact Change image and share on social
Perhaps the most important lesson of the New Social Historians is that history belongs to those about whom or whose documents survive. Bruce Jackson belongdocumenthistorian Change image and share on social
What is perhaps more worthy of note than how many tsunami dead we've seen, however, is how many other recent dead we have not seen. Bruce Jackson deadhavenote Change image and share on social
The U.S. government has in recent years fought what it termed wars against AIDs, drug abuse, poverty, illiteracy and terrorism. Each of those wars has budgets, legislation, offices, officials, letterhead - everything necessary in a bureaucracy to tell you something is real. Bruce Jackson abuseaidbudget share on social