The Mourning News Reporting Violent Death in a Global Age

"The Mourning News is an original study that guides us through the complexities of witnessing mass death under conditions of mediatisation. As major broadcasters continue to play a key role in the reporting of distant disasters, Tal Morse's book reminds us that these broadcasters do not simply report on mass death but profoundly shape the ways our communities mourn together. More than this, it compellingly demonstrates that mediatised death does not only unite but also divides us. Rather than honouring our common humanity, it creates its own hierarchies of humanity by subtly proposing whose life matters and whose does not, in the global village."-Lilie Chouliaraki, Professor, Department of Media and Communications, The London School of Economics and Political Science