The Media and the Rwanda Genocide - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0745326250 ISBN 13: 9780745326252

Casa editrice: Pluto Press, 2007

Riassunto

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.

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Recensione:

Collected volumes often do not cohere well. Thompson's collection is an exception, and it additionally demonstrates the value of edited books. the reader is treated to a range of approaches and opinions that would be hard to find in a single-authored monograph. (Scott Straus, Modern African Studies, vol 46/1-2008)

L'autore:

Allan Thompson is Professor of Journalism at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada and a columnist with the Toronto Star, Canada's largest daily newspaper. After working as a reporter with the Toronto Star for 17 years, Thompson took up a teaching post at Carleton in 2003 and now heads a media capacity-building project in Rwanda called the Rwanda Initiative.
^Pollyanna Ruiz is a Fellow in the Department of Media and Communication at the London School of Economics.

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• Editore: Pluto Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0745326250
• ISBN 13: 9780745326252
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 480
• Redattore: Thompson Allan