This series of footage from Czech and Czechoslovak television news will capture the development of Czech war journalism from the collapse of the Socialist Bloc to Russia’s annexation of Crimea. The conclusion of the Cold War, turbulent developments in the former Soviet Union, the global war on terror, the Arab Spring and other milestones crucial to the current context of military conflicts – all through the lens of war reporting. How does the television screen transmit the experience of war? How have media portrayals of protracted conflicts changed over time? How does the current historical context enter the genre? A unique inventory of media coverage of the most significant military conflicts of the postmodern era.

With the support of the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Prague Office.

Speaker

Bohumil Melichar

Historian