Fixing stories : local newsmaking and international media in Turkey and Syria
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Fixing stories : local newsmaking and international media in Turkey and Syria
（The global Middle East, 19）
Cambridge University Press, 2022
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-350) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
News 'fixers' are translators and guides who assist foreign journalists. Sometimes key contributors to bold, original reporting and other times key facilitators of homogeneity and groupthink in the news media, they play the difficult but powerful role of broker between worlds, shaping the creation of knowledge from behind the scenes. In Fixing Stories, Noah Amir Arjomand reflects on the nature of news production and cross-cultural mediation. Based on human stories drawn from three years of field research in Turkey, this book unfolds as a series of narratives of fixers' career trajectories during a period when the international media spotlight shone on Turkey and Syria. From the Syrian Civil War, Gezi Park protest movement, rise of authoritarianism in Turkey and of ISIS in Syria, to the rekindling of conflict in both countries' Kurdish regions and Turkey's 2016 coup attempt, Arjomand brings to light vivid personal accounts and insider perspectives on world-shaking events alongside analysis of the role fixers have played in bringing news of Turkey and Syria to international audiences.
Table of Contents
- Introduction: A Tale of Two Fixers
- 1. Beginnings
- 2. Fitting In
- 3. Moral Worlds of Ambivalence and Bias
- 4. Translations
- 5. From Local to Global
- Appendix: Sociological Fiction.
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