Convincing rebel fighters to disarm : UN information operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo / Jacob Udo-Udo Jacob.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Udo-Udo Jacob, Jacob, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United Nations--Peacekeeping forces--Democratic Republic of the Congo.

United Nations.

Peacekeeping forces--Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Peacekeeping forces.

Democratic Republic of the Congo--Politics and government--1997-.

Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2017.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

One of the key mission objectives of the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) was to disarm and repatriate foreign combatants in the eastern region of the country. To achieve this, MONUC adopted a "push and pull" strategy. This involved applying military pressure while at the same time offering opportunities for voluntary disarmament and repatriation for armed combatants of the elusive but deadly Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) - a predominantly Rwandan Hutu armed group in eastern DRC. As part of its "pull" strategy, MONUC embarked on one of the most sophisticated Information Operations (IO) campaigns in UN history with the core objective of convincing thousands of individual combatants and commanders of the FDLR to voluntarily disarm and join the UN's Demobilization, Disarmament, Repatriation, Resettlement and Reintegration programme (DDRRR). This book is derived from studies of the narratives, coordination and effectiveness of the UN's IO in support of DDRRR and how the UN has integrated IO as part of its Mission peace support operations. This book advances contemporary understanding of the relative importance of communication models and their interactions within conflict settings. It provides instruments with which conflict and communication analysts can compare predictions and rationalize Information impacts for future conflicts. About the author Dr. Jacob Udo-Udo Jacob teaches Communications & Media Studies at the American University of Nigeria. He earned his PhD in Communication Studies from the University of Leeds, United Kingdom

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures

List of Abbreviations

Preface

1. From Peace Propaganda to Information Intervention

2. A Foucauldian View of UN Information Intervention

3. The Liberal Institutionalist Foundations of Post-Cold War UN Information Operations

4. Between Propaganda and UN's Public Information Operations

5. A Brief History of Ethnicity, Conflicts and Crisis of Citizenship in the DRC

6. From Authenticity to Governmentality: A Brief History of the Media in the DRC

7. Radio Okapi: The Making of a "Congolese Voice"

8. Information Operations: Contents and Metrics of Effectiveness

9. Local Meanings and Perceptions of UN Information Interventions Programmes

10. No Intention to Return to Rwanda

11. Impacts of Dialogue Entre Congolais

12. "Hutus are the ones that have kept us where we are today": When Psyops Backfire

13. Revisiting Unfinished Debates on Information Intervention

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

Bibliography

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 19, 2016).

ISBN:

9783110612592

3110612593

9783110469776

3110469774

9783110471892

3110471892

OCLC:

979838931