War Journalism

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  1. 2. / _____ and gore were rarely shown
  2. 7. / The glut of images in distribution over-saturated the market, allowing viewers to develop the ability to disregard the immediate value and _______ importance of certain photographs.
  3. 8. / shows ranging from action- adventure series like combat to sitcoms like __________
  4. 9. / an electronic device that consists, typically, of a sealed glass bulb containing two or more electrodes: used to generate, amplify, and rectify electric oscillations and alternating currents.
  5. 10. / Journalists and photographers are protected by international conventions of armed warfare, but history shows that they are often considered targets by warring groups —to show hatred of their opponents and to prevent the ____ shown.
  6. 11. / an electronic circuit that produces a periodic oscillating electronic signal, often a sine wave or a square wave.
  7. 13. / Mass-produced _____ did have consequences.
  8. 15. / When WWI began, _______ was in use worldwide.
  9. 16. War One / the first war with radio
  10. 19. / trained ______ were also used as messengers — they were faster than humans, presented a smaller target to enemy snipers and could speed down muddy roads and dirt paths that were impassable to vehicles.
  11. 20. / who wrote "it was the first time in American history a war had been declared over by an anchorman"?
  12. 22. / which state in the US wanted "bang- bang" footage?
  13. 25. / Similar to battle photography, ______ images of soldiers were also often staged.
  14. 28. / In the 20th century, photographers covered all the major conflicts, and many were killed as a _________
  15. 29. / the pictures were sometimes _______, creating an image that is not objectively journalistic.
  16. 32. / the first attempt at war photography were made by the British government at the start of which war?
  17. 33. / Americans expressed it was a ______ to get involved with Vietnam
  18. 36. / what was the first television war
  19. 37. / how long in days did it take for film to be flown to the US for processing in the Vietnam war?
  20. 39. / Despite these advances in electronics and communications, the devices were sometimes ______ in the heat of battle, so some military units preferred — or were forced to — rely on older, tried-and-true methods of staying in touch.
  21. 40. / photographers ___________ bodies of dead soldiers during the Civil War in order to create a clear picture of the atrocities associated with battle.
  22. 41. / _________ were used frequently by British and French commanders to communicate with headquarters. In fact, Great Britain passed a regulation making it a crime to molest, wound or kill any homing pigeon.
Down
  1. 1. / the ______ in news reports often involved little more than puffs of smoke in the distance, as an aircraft bombed the unseen enemy.
  2. 3. /famous American civil war photographer
  3. 4. / it is the photographers job to ______ history
  4. 5. / _________continue to cover conflicts around the world by taking pictures.
  5. 6. / the first known war photographer.
  6. 12. / it brought the "_____ of war" night after night into people's living rooms and eventually inspired revulsion and exhaustion.
  7. 14. / The biggest improvements radio offered over message system like _____ code were the speed and accuracy afforded by the use of voice communication.
  8. 17. / captured photographs of armed conflict and life in war-torn areas.
  9. 18. / who closed "Report from Vietnam: Who, What, When, Where, Why?" saying that the war unwinnable?
  10. 21. / an early form of photography that generated a single image using a silver-coated copper plate, took a very long time for the image to develop and could not be processed immediately.
  11. 23. / the "______" (as early radio was sometimes called) quickly proved invaluable to wartime efforts: Radio operators with portable transmitters, for instance, were able to warn soldiers of an attack of poisonous gas, giving them time to don their gas masks.
  12. 24. / It was the woman job to patch up _____ bodies and souls
  13. 26. / a highly flammable, colorless or yellowish syrupy solution of pyroxylin, ether, and alcohol, used as an adhesive to close small wounds and hold surgical dressing, in topical medications, and for making photographic plates.
  14. 27. / Photographs can provide a more direct representation than paintings or _______.
  15. 30. / an electronic device for increasing the amplitude of electrical signals, used chiefly in sound reproduction.
  16. 31. / War photographers need not necessarily work near active fighting; instead they may document the ______ of conflict.
  17. 34. / what is the nickname for the Vietnam war? ("______ _____ war")
  18. 35. / Dog messengers, however, had one disadvantage: Beleaguered soldiers often _____ the dogs and carried out the messages themselves.
  19. 38. / _____ made its debut before WWI- it was often used by ships transmitting messages via Morse Code.