The media and the Rwanda genocide [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Allan Thompson ; with a statement by Kofi Annan

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457677303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; Ann Arbor, MI, : Pluto Press; Kampala, Uganda, : Fountain Publishers; Ottawa, : International Development Research Centre, 2007
• ISBN: 9786610763368; 1-280-76336-1; 1-84964-345-8; 1-55250-338-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvi, 463 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): ThompsonAllan <1963->
• Disciplina: 967.57104/31
• Soggetti: Mass media and ethnic relations - Rwanda; Genocide - Rwanda; Electronic books.; Rwanda History Civil War, 1994 Mass media and the war; Rwanda History Civil War, 1994 Propaganda
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 447-454) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: "Contents"; "Message to Symposium on the Media and the Rwanda Genocide"; "Preface"; "Notes on Contributors"; "1 Introduction"; "2 The Media Dichotomy"; "3 Rwanda: Walking the Road to Genocide"; "PART ONE: HATE MEDIA IN RWANDA"; "4 Call to Genocide: Radio in Rwanda, 1994"; "5 RTLM Propaganda: the Democratic Alibi"; "6 Kangura: the Triumph of Propaganda Refined"; "7 Rwandan Private Print Media on the Eve of the Genocide"; "8 Echoes of Violence: Considerations on Radio and Genocide in Rwanda"; "9 RTLM: the Medium that Became a Tool for Mass Murder"; "10 The Effect of RTLM's Rhetoric of Ethnic Hatred in Rural Rwanda"; "11 Journalism in a Time of Hate Media"; "PART TWO: INTERNATIONAL MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE GENOCIDE"; "12 Reporting the Genocide"; "13 Who Failed in Rwanda, Journalists or the Media?"; "14 Reporting Rwanda: the Media and the Aid Agencies"; "15 Limited Vision: How Both ; the American Media and Government Failed Rwanda"; "16 Missing the Story: the Media and the Rwanda Genocide"; "17 What Did They Say? African Media Coverage of the First 100 Days of the Rwanda Crisis"; "18 Exhibit 467: Genocide Through a Camera Lens"; "19 Media Failure over Rwanda's Genocide"; "20 A Genocide Without Images: White Film Noirs"; "21 Notes on Circumstances that Facilitate Genocide: the Attention Given to Rwanda by the Media and Others Outside Rwanda Before 1990"; "22 The Media's Failure: a Reflection on the Rwanda Genocide"; "23 How the Media missed the Rwanda Genocide"; "24 An Analysis of News Magazine Coverage of the Rwanda Crisis in the United States"; "PART THREE: JOURNALISM AS GENOCIDE: THE MEDIA TRIAL"; "31 Information in Crisis Areas as a Tool for Peace: the Hirondelle Experience"; "32 The Use and Abuse of Media in Vulnerable Societies"; "33 Censorship and Propaganda in Post-Genocide Rwanda"; "34 PG - Parental Guidance or Portrayal of Genocide: the Comparative Depiction of Mass Murder in Contemporary Cinema"; "35 The Responsibility to Report: a New Journalistic Paradigm"; "Bibliography"; "Index"; "A"; "B"; "C"; "D"; "E"; "F"; "G"; "H"; "I"; "J"; "K"; "L"; "M"; "N"; "O"; "P"; "Q"; "R"; "S"; "T"; "U"; "V"; "W"; "Y"; "Z"