TY - T1 - Reporting Disasters : A narratological analysis of disaster news reportage SN - / UR - URN:NBN:fi:hulib-201703272370; http://hdl.handle.net/10138/39515 T3 - A1 - von Weissenberg, Andreas A2 - PB - Helsingfors universitet Y1 - 2013 LA - eng AB - The thesis explores narrative techniques used in the genre of news reportage, specifically related to reporting from disaster contexts. This particular context is highly interesting, as the journalistic idea of ‘witnessing’ is very pronounced and also a major journalistic rational of deploying reporters. At the same time, reporters in this context might often ‘parachute’ in to the country, they will often have to work in poor security conditions and are exposed to stress and trauma. There are st... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - disasters; reportage; katastrofit; onnettomuudet; reportaasit; Haiti; Media and Communication Studies; Viestintä; Medier och kommunikation N1 - PP - ER -