Media of Conflict

War Reporting and Representations of Ethnic Violence

Häftad, Engelska, 1999

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Beskrivning

Savage wars in Bosnia, Rwanda, Liberia, Iraq and many other places continue to fill our television screens and newspapers with terrible images of conflict. Despite the optimism about world peace, brought about by the collapse of super-power hostilities in the early 1990s, we seem to be encountering more wars, or at least wars that are more socially traumatic. All too often, the media suggest that these conflicts are caused by the return of primordial loyalties and hatreds after the collapse of the Cold War, or that mass slaughter can be explained by reference to the inherently evil nature of individuals or groups.This book counters this kind of nonsense, and asks why such views have gained a currency. It examines the role of the media in inciting conflicts within nations, as well as the adverse impacts of news reporting on international perceptions - and on policy-making. But it also reveals how valuable informed journalism can be. Above all, it highlights the dangers of basing analysis on vague assertions about deep human motivation, or on mythologies of the past and the present promoted by the protagonists themselves.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1999-03-01
Mått:140 x 216 x 19 mm
Vikt:459 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:320
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781856495707

Utforska kategorier

Medievetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Media och underhållning inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap
Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Tim Allen is a reader at the London School of Economics and director of the post-graduate programme in Development Studies.

Recensioner i media

'A timely and thought provoking book that every one of us who attempts to understand the new world disorder ought to learn from. Here are insights from Iraq to Liberia and beyond from people who have lived and studied the individual conflicts they discuss.' Jon Snow, Channel 4 News 'In the field of war studies, usually characterised by mundane statements and platitudes, this book is at once penetrating and wide-ranging. Remarkably insightful.' Peter Worsley, University of Manchester 'Very well-informed and highly intelligent.' John Keegan, Defence Editor of the Daily Telegraph and author of The Face of Battle. 'This is a powerful and important book, a manual that should be on the desk of every foreign editor in the land.' Third Way, Volume 22, No 6, July 1999

Innehållsförteckning

Part I War, Ethnicity, Media1. Countering Myths of Ethnic War2. Ethnic Pervasion3. 'Who's It Between?' Ethnic War and Rational Violence4. A Duty of Care? Ethnographic Films in War5. Ethnicity and the MediaPart II Case Studies6. Neither Treason Nor Conspiracy: Reflections on Media Coverage of the Gulf War 1990-19917. Ethnicity and Reports of the 1992-95 Bosnia Conflict8. Culture, Media and the Politics of Disintegration and Ethnic Division in Former Yugoslavia9. Nationalism, Ethnic Antagonism and Mass Communication in Greece10. Reporting and Misrepresenting the Horn of Africa11. War and Ethnicity in Liberia12. Representations of Ethnic Conflict in the Kenyan Media13. Media Ethnicisation and the International Response to War and Genocide in Rwanda14. The War in the North: Ethnicity in Ugandan Press Explanations of Conflict, 1996-199715. The Media and Post-Independence Violence in Matebeleland, Zimbabwe - Press Coverage and Internet Debate.