ABSTRACT
In this chapter, Lilie Chouliaraki examines the changing ethics of war photojournalism and reviews the major paradigms of war communication studies, propaganda, and memory studies. She argues that, despite their contributions, neither focuses on historical change in the ethics of war. Lilie Chouliaraki undertakes an analytical discussion of iconic images of the First World War and Second World War as well as the War on Terror in terms of how they portray the battlefield and the bodies in it. She argues that there is an historical shift towards an increasingly explicit visualization of war, which today tends to emphasise the emotional, rather than physical, impact of the battlefield upon both soldiers and civilians. This shift, Chouliaraki concludes, reflects the contemporary political context of humanitarian wars fought with a view to alleviating suffering, rather than wars fought over national sovereignty.
