Reporting genocide : media, mass violence and human rights / David Patrick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Patrick, David (Historian), author.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Series:

I.B. Tauris Film & Media Studies 2017

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Genocide--Press coverage.

Genocide.

Genocide in mass media.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

London, England : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.

Place of Publication:

London, England : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2017.

Summary:

"The Western world's responses to genocide have been slow, unwieldly and sometimes unfit for purpose. While the UK and US have historically been committed to the ideals of human rights, freedom and equality, their reactions are usually dictated by geopolitical 'noise', pre-conceived ideas of worth and the media attention-spans of individual elected leaders. Utilising a wide-ranging quantitative analysis of media reporting across the globe, Patrick argues that an over-reliance on the Holocaust as the framing device we use to try and come to terms with such horrors can lead to slow responses, misinterpretation and category errors - in both Rwanda and Bosnia, much energy was expended trying to ascertain whether these regions qualified for 'genocide' status. Reporting Genocide demonstrates how such tragedies are reduced to stereotypes in the media, which can over-simplify the situation on the ground and can lead to inadequate responses from governments. Patrick seeks to address how responses to genocides can be improved. This will be essential reading for policy makers and for scholars of genocide and the media."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The crime of crimes?

Bringing darkness to light : Anglo-American awareness of the Holocaust, 1945-95

Inconveniently close : Anglo-American coverage of the Bosnian War

A faraway people : media coverage of the Rwandan Genocide

From disbelief to disinterest.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-275) and index.

ISBN:

9781350987784

1350987786

9781786732934

1786732939

9781786722935

1786722933

OCLC:

1139315357