Control Room and the Staging of War

Creator

Barry J. Mauer, University of Central FloridaFollow

Keywords

Cinéma Vérité, Iraq War, Al Jazeera, journalism, drama, War Documentary

Abstract

This essay assesses Control Room (Jehane Noujaim, 2004) to gauge documentary film’s capacity to restore the public sphere. What factors shape the making of news during times of war? How can viewers learn to navigate the competing media frames and narratives about war? How can dedicated documentarians make more democratic a public sphere that has been badly damaged by corporate media consolidation and government propaganda? Finally, can rhetoric and poetics shed light on the choices made by documentary filmmakers during times of war and the ways in which target audiences are expected to make sense of their films?

Publication Date

4-2013

Original Citation

Mauer, Barry « Control Room and the Staging of War », lnMedia [Online], 4 I 2013, Online since 16 November 2013, connection on 19 November 2013. URL : http://inmedia.revues.org/680

Document Type

Paper

Copyright Status

Publisher retained

Publication Version

Publisher's version

Department

English

STARS Citation

Mauer, Barry J., "Control Room and the Staging of War" (2013). Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 607.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/ucfscholar/607