LEADER 02914nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910786267203321 005 20230801230356.0 010 $a1-4529-4881-X 010 $a0-8166-8192-9 035 $a(CKB)2670000000335783 035 $a(EBL)1128336 035 $a(OCoLC)829461156 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000832985 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11443454 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000832985 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10918988 035 $a(PQKB)10035138 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001178006 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1128336 035 $a(OCoLC)829370505 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse29996 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1128336 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10660872 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000335783 100 $a20120626d2012 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCreating the witness$b[electronic resource] $edocumenting genocide on film, video, and the Internet /$fLeshu Torchin 210 $aMinneapolis $cUniversity of Minnesota Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (278 p.) 225 1 $aVisible evidence ;$v26 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8166-7622-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: screen media and witnessing publics -- To acquaint America with ravished Armenia -- Witness for the prosecution: films at Nuremberg -- Reflections on the world stage: imagining fields of witnessing for Rwanda and the Balkans -- The work of WITNESS: negotiating the challenges of video advocacy -- iWitnesses and citizentube: focus on Darfur -- Conclusion: testimonial encounters and tempering the celebratory narrative. 330 $aSince the beginning of the conflict in 2003, more than 300,000 lives have been lost in Darfur. Players of the video game Darfur Is Dying learn this sobering fact and more as they work to ensure the survival of a virtual refugee camp. The video game not only puts players in the position of a struggling refugee, it shows them how they can take action in the real world.Creating the Witness examines the role of film and the Internet in creating virtual witnesses to genocide over the last one hundred years. The book asks, how do visual media work to produce witnesses-au 410 0$aVisible evidence ;$vv. 26. 606 $aDocumentary films$xHistory and criticism 606 $aGenocide in motion pictures 606 $aGenocide in mass media 615 0$aDocumentary films$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aGenocide in motion pictures. 615 0$aGenocide in mass media. 676 $a070.1/8 700 $aTorchin$b Leshu$01504555 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786267203321 996 $aCreating the witness$93733604 997 $aUNINA