The media and the Rwanda genocide / edited by Allan Thompson ; with a statement by Kofi Annan.
"The news media played a crucial role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide. Local media fueled the killings, while international media either ignored or seriously misunderstood what was happening.This is the first book to explore both sides of the media equation. Examining how local radio was used as a...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Ottawa :
International Development Research Centre,
[2007]
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| Online Access: | Communication & Mass Media Complete |
| Summary: | "The news media played a crucial role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide. Local media fueled the killings, while international media either ignored or seriously misunderstood what was happening.This is the first book to explore both sides of the media equation. Examining how local radio was used as a tool of hate, encouraging neighbors to turn against each other, the book also presents a critique of international media coverage. Bringing together local reporters, high-profile Western journalists, and leading media theorists, this is the only book to identify the extent of the media's accountability. It also examines deliberations by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda on the role of the media in the genocide. This book is a startling record of the negative influence that the media can have. The authors put forward suggestions for the future, outlining how we can avoid censorship and propaganda and they argue for a new responsibility in media reporting."--Publisher description. |
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| Item Description: | Description based on print version record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 463 pages) Available also on the Internet. |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1280763361 1552503380 1849643458 9781280763366 9781552503386 9781849643450 |