Acknowledgements
Introduction: Documentary, contemporary society and media culture
Part 1: Globalization, documentary film and television
1. Globalization in a mediated world
2. Sociology and aesthetics of documentary genre
3. Engaging with and investigating reality: the social and political documentary
Part 2: War, terror and democracy: the post-9/11 documentary
4. Into the dark side: the politics of war
5. On the battleground: reporting and representing war
6. Behind the headlines: documentaries, war, terror and everyday life
Part 3: A new global order: political, social and cultural challenges
7. Politics and spin in a mediated world
8. A multicultural world: migration, culture and everyday life
9. Risk society: the environmental challenge
Conclusion: Cosmopolitan narratives: documentary in the new digital media culture
References
Index of names and titles