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The media and human rights : the cosmopolitan promise / Ekaterina Balabanova.
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Ebook Central Perpetual, DDA and Subscription Titles- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Balabanova, Ekaterina, 1975- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human rights.
- Mass media.
- Cosmopolitanism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 210 pages .)
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2015.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- In recent years there has been an explosion in the usage and visibility of the language of human rights, but what does this mean for the role of the media? For evolving ideas about human rights? And for the prospect of shared cosmopolitan values? Ekaterina Balabanova argues that in order to answer these questions there needs to be a deconstruction of monolithic ways of thinking about the media and human rights, incorporating the spectrum of political arguments and worldviews that underpin both. Ten case studies are presented which illustrate many of the problems and challenges associated with the relationship between the media and human rights. The examples range from cases of humanitarian intervention to analysis of global human rights campaigning on refugee issues; from immigration and asylum to genocide, freedom of speech and torture. Anchored in an appreciation of the political conflicts and compromises at the heart of international human rights agreements, The Media and Human Rights is an invaluable resource for students studying media and human rights, international politics, security studies and political communication. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Part I 11
- 1 Human rights: key issues 13
- Part II 29
- 2 Information, media and power 31
- 3 The normative dimension: cosmopolitanism 43
- Part III 57
- 4 Humanitarian intervention 59
- Case study: Kosovo 1999 75
- Case study: Libya 2011 79
- 5 Genocide 87
- Case study: Rwanda 1994 93
- Case study: Darfur 2003-present 97
- 6 Asylum and immigration 104
- Case study: Mobility in the EU 116
- Case study: The UNHCR and World Refugee Day 118
- 7 Freedom of speech 125
- Case study: Danish cartoons 140
- Case study: Whistle-blowing 144
- 8 Torture 149
- Case study: Abu Ghraib 161
- Case study: 'Extraordinary' rendition and 'ordinary' extradition 165
- 9 Conclusion: media and human rights: cosmopolitan promise or deficit? 171.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.
- Print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Esther F. Kantrowitz & Lionel Kantrowitz Collection Endowment Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0203105435
- 9780203105436
- Publisher Number:
- 99965589082
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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