News from Iraq in the Western media is highly dependent upon Iraqi journalists and coworkers, especially fixers. This is partly due to the degradation of the security situation since the 2003 invasion, and partly due to language: few Western journalists speak Arabic at a professional level of competence. Interviews with Western journalists and fixers in Iraq reveal the high level of dependence involved. They also reveal some commonalities of understanding of the relationships between journalists and fixers and some significant differences. The dependence upon fixers is seen in the light of changes in foreign news gathering in Western media, especially the use of ‘parachute’ journalists.
Det er vanskeligt at finde korte oversigter på dansk over fænomenet "genrer og medier". Selv i det nye opslagsværk MEDIEHÅNDBOGEN (Gyldendal 1990) leder man forgæves efter en selvstændig artikel om genre, og henvises blot artikler om "blandingsgenrer", "film" og "journa- listiske fortællerformer". Både for at dække dette hul i medie-faglittera- turen og for at forsyne de mere specifikke artikler om genreproblem- stillinger i dette nummer med et indledende rids bringer vi her Jerry Palmers lille artikel, der dels anskuer genre i et kort historisk perspek- tiv (tilbage til Platon og Aristoteles), dels opridser nogle positioner i den nyere debat. Palmer diskuterer bl.a., om det er muligt entydigt at kategorisere en tekst som tilhørende én bestemt genre, og om genretilhørsforhold skyldes iboende træk ved teksten selv, eller er afledt af kommunikationsproces- sen i dens helhed, specielt på modtagersiden? Artiklen, der blev præsen- teret ved IAMCRs konference i Bled (1990) er oversat og bearbejdet af Henning Silverbrandt.
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