Representing Mass Violence: Conflicting Responses to Human Rights Violations in Darfur

How do interventions by the UN Security Council and the International Criminal Court influence representations of mass violence? What images arise instead from the humanitarianism and diplomacy fields? How are these competing perspectives communicated to the public via mass media? Zooming in on the...

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1. Verfasser: J. Savelsberg, Joachim (auth)
Format: Elektronisch Buchkapitel
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Oakland, California University of California Press 2015
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Zusammenfassung:How do interventions by the UN Security Council and the International Criminal Court influence representations of mass violence? What images arise instead from the humanitarianism and diplomacy fields? How are these competing perspectives communicated to the public via mass media? Zooming in on the case of Darfur, Joachim J. Savelsberg analyzes more than three thousand news reports and opinion pieces and interviews leading newspaper correspondents, NGO experts, and foreign ministry officials from eight countries to show the dramatic differences in the framing of mass violence around the world and across social fields.
Beschreibung:1 electronic resource (362 p.)
ISBN:luminos.4
9780520963085
Zugangseinschränkungen:Open Access