Reporting Genocide: Media, Mass Violence and Human Rights by David Patrick (Engl

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The Western world's responses to genocide have been slow, unwieldly and sometimes unfit for purpose. So argues David Patrick in this essential new contribution to the aid and intervention debate. While the UK and US have historically been committed to the ideals of human rights, freedom and equality, their actual material reactions are more usually dictated by geopolitical 'noise', pre-conceived ideas of worth and the media attention-spans of individual elected leaders. Utilizing 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. The Reporting of Genocide demonstrates how such tragedies are reduced to stereotypes in the media - framed in terms of innocent victims and brutal oppressors - which can over-simplify the situation on the ground. This in turn can lead to mixed and inadequate responses from governments.Reporting on Genocide also seeks to address how responses to genocides across the globe can be improved, and will be essential reading for policy-makers and for scholars of genocide and the media.

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David Patrick is Post-Doctoral Researcher at the University of the Free State, South Africa. He completed his PhD in Modern History at Sheffield University.

Table of Contents

Chapter OneThe Crime of Crimes?Structure and ApproachChapter TwoBringing Darkness to Light: Anglo-American Awareness of the Holocaust, 1945-1995The Liberation of the Camps – 1945What was UncoveredMedia Responses to LiberationStylistic Themes in ReportingGeneral Responses to Press DisclosuresA Unique Response: DisbeliefA Landmark in Exposure to GenocidePublic Awareness of the Holocaust: 1945-1995Immediate Post-War PeriodThe Diary of Anne FrankThe Trial of Adolf EichmannHolocaustSchindler's ListConcluding RemarksChapter ThreeInconveniently Close: Anglo-American Coverage of the Bosnian WarWestern Discourse Regarding the BalkansQuantitative Analysis: Overall Findings of Bosnia Data SetNews Article CoverageFront Page CoverageEditorial, Comments and Letters CoveragePeriod One: 1 August – 28 August 1992Quantitative Findings: 1 – 28 August 1992The Importance of Concentration Camp ImageryCalls for InterventionThe Framing of Violence in the BalkansPeriod Two: 29 January – 26 February 1994Quantitative Findings: 29 January – 26 February 1994Themes within CoverageConfusing Victims and PerpetratorsPeriod Three: 7 July – 3 August 1995Quantitative Findings: 7 July – 3 August 1995Themes within CoveragePeriod Four: 21 August – 18 September 1995Quantitative FindingsThemes within CoverageConcluding RemarksChapter FourA Faraway People: Media Coverage of the Rwandan GenocideWestern Discourse Regarding AfricaQuantitative FindingsNews Article CoverageFront Page CoverageOpinion CoverageThemes within CoverageTribalism and AnarchyProspects of InterventionLack of Focus on the GenocideRare Instances of Press FocusWestern EvacuationFrench InterventionRefugee CrisisConclusionChapter FiveFrom Disbelief to DisinterestViolence in the MediaThe Holocaust in the Anglo-American WorldConcluding RemarksAppendixNotesBibliographyIndex

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Details ISBN1350248150 Author David Patrick Short Title Reporting Genocide Pages 304 Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 1350248150 ISBN-13 9781350248151 Format Paperback Publication Date 2021-11-18 Subtitle Media, Mass Violence and Human Rights Imprint Bloomsbury Academic UK Release Date 2021-11-18 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom NZ Release Date 2021-11-18 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC DEWEY 070.449364151 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2021-11-17 We've got this

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