Media Framing and the Destruction of Cultural Heritage - News Narratives About Artsakh and Gaza

Analyzing media coverage in cases where cultural heritage sites have been destroyed during conflict, occupation and war, this book highlights the important role media play in the preservation of cultural heritage when states or other combatants engage in human rights violations.

List of contents

Epigraph by Ammiel Alcalay
Acknowledgments
Forward by Benjamin Gatling
Preface
Introduction
1 Media Practices and Constraints Covering Cultural Heritage Destruction
2 Silences That Bury the History of Armenia, Its People, and Its Cultural Heritage
3 Destruction of Gaza and Palestinian Cultural Heritage
4 Cultural Heritage Is a Human Right
Conclusion
Index

About the author

Mischa Geracoulis is a human rights journalist and critical media literacy expert, and Managing Editor at the media watch and education organization Project Censored and its publishing imprint The Censored Press. With a background in the politics and culture of Southwest Asia, the Middle East and North Africa (SWANA/MENA), Mischa serves on the editorial board of The Markaz Review. Her writing on UN Article 19 and US First Amendment issues, journalistic ethics and standards, and truth in reporting can be found in independent news and academic publications.

Product details

• Authors: Mischa Geracoulis
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032833439
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3283343-9
• No. of pages: 126
• Series: Routledge Focus on Media and Humanitarian Action
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Media Studies, Cultural Studies, Human Rights, Gaza, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Press & journalism, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, News media and journalism, Human rights, civil rights, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies, Armed Conflict