The media and the Rwanda genocide /

The media and the Rwanda genocide /

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Bibliographic Details
Edition:	[IDRC ed.].
Imprint:	London ; Ann Arbor, MI : Pluto ; Kampala, Uganda : Fountain Publishers ; Ottawa : International Development Research Centre, 2007.
Description:	1 online resource (xvi, 463 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Genocide -- Rwanda. Atrocities. Genocide. Mass media. Rwanda -- History -- Civil War, 1994 -- Atrocities. Rwanda -- In mass media. Rwanda. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11151432

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Other authors / contributors:	Thompson, Allan, 1963- editor.
ISBN:	9781552503386 1552503380 9780745326269 0745326269 9780745326252 0745326250 9789970025954
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-454) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	"It was the French philosopher, Voltaire, who wrote: 'We owe respect to the living; to the dead we owe only truth.' In the case of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, the news media accomplished neither of Voltaire's admonitions. Confronted by Rwanda's horrors, Western news media for the most part turned away, then muddled the story when they did pay attention. And hate media organs in Rwanda--through their journalists, broadcasters and media executives--played an instrumental role in laying the groundwork for genocide, then actively participated in the extermination campaign. On the eve of the tenth anniversary of the Rwanda genocide, the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University in Ottawa hosted a one-day symposium on 13 March 2004, entitled 'The Media and the Rwanda Genocide.' The symposium examined in tandem the role of both the international media and Rwanda's domestic news organizations in the cataclysmic events of 1994. The Carleton symposium brought together for the first time an international collection of experts as well as some of the actors from the Rwandan drama; it also inspired this collection of papers. Many of the contributions found here are based on papers delivered at the Carleton event, but others were commissioned or have been reprinted here because of their valuable contribution to the debate. The symposium was made possible by generous contributions from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Government of Canada, through the Global Issues Bureau of the Foreign Affairs department and the Canadian International Development Agency. The IDRC has also played a key role in the publication of this collection; it continues to support Carleton's efforts to build a Media and Genocide Archive and to establish a partnership with the School of Journalism and Communication at the National University of Rwanda in Butare through a project called The Rwanda Initiative."--Excerpted from preface.
Other form:	Print version: Media and the Rwanda genocide. London ; Ann Arbor, MI : Pluto ; Kampala, Uganda : Fountain Publishers ; Ottawa : International Development Research Centre, 2007 0745326269 9780745326269

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Summary:	The news media played a crucial role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide: local media fueled the killings, while the international media either ignored or seriously misconstrued what was happening. This is the first book to explore both sides of that media equation. The book examines how local radio and print media were used as a tool of hate, encouraging neighbours to turn against each other. It also presents a critique of international media coverage of the cataclysmic events in Rwanda. Bringing together local reporters and commentators from Rwanda, high-profile Western journalists, and leading media theorists, this is the only book to identify and probe the extent of the mediaOCOs accountability. It also examines deliberations by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda on the role of the media in the genocide. This book is a startling record of the dangerous influence that the media can have when used as a political tool or when news organizations and journalists fail to live up to their responsibilities. The authors put forward suggestions for the future by outlining how we can avoid censorship and propaganda, and by arguing for a new responsibility in media reporting. The book includes an opening statement from Kofi Annan and an introduction by Senator Rom(r)o Dallaire."
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xvi, 463 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-454) and index.
ISBN:	9781552503386 1552503380 9780745326269 0745326269 9780745326252 0745326250 9789970025954