Press coverage of World War I was affected by restrictions on the movement of non-combatant observers and strict censorship. This raises the question of the role the media plays in selecting news about such conflicts. Events which support the position of either one of the protagonists in a conflict are understood as instrumental factors in the modern mediated conflict, and the publication of information on these events is construed as one of the major goals of the conflicting parties and one important activity of journalists.[1]
In Britain, there were initially five official accredited war correspondents: Philip Gibbs, Percival Philips, Henry Perry Robinson, Herbert Russell, and William Beach Thomas. Their reports were vetted by C. E. Montague. Other writers and journalists who later received official accreditation from the British government were John Buchan, Robert Donald, Hamilton Fyfe, Henry Nevinson, and Valentine Williams.
↑ 3.03.1Eyduk, Dmitriy (2008). "Война и печать: к истории военного репортажа в русской газетной периодике 1914-1915 гг" [War and press: to the history of war reportage in Russian periodical press 1914-1915]. Известия Российского государственного педагогического университета им. А.И. Герцена. Аспирантские тетради. (in русский) (32): 387. ISSN1992-6464.
↑ 4.04.14.2Eyduk, Dmitriy (2008). "Образ врага" и перспективы войны в русской периодической печати в 1914-1915 гг ["Image of the enemy" and prospects of war in Russian periodical press 1914-1915] (Candidate of Sciences) (in русский). Saint Petersburg State University.
↑Eyduk, Dmitriy (2008). "Война и печать: к истории военного репортажа в русской газетной периодике 1914-1915 гг" [War and press: to the history of war reportage in Russian periodical press 1914-1915]. Известия Российского государственного педагогического университета им. А.И. Герцена. Аспирантские тетради. (in русский) (32): 388. ISSN1992-6464.