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OverviewSavage 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jean Seaton , Tim AllenPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Zed Books Ltd Dimensions: Width: 13.50cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.544kg ISBN: 9781856495691ISBN 10: 1856495698 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 01 March 1999 Audience: General/trade , General Replaced By: 9781856495707 Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPart I War, Ethnicity, Media 1. Countering Myths of Ethnic War 2. Ethnic Pervasion 3. 'Who's It Between?' Ethnic War and Rational Violence 4. A Duty of Care? Ethnographic Films in War 5. Ethnicity and the Media Part II Case Studies 6. Neither Treason Nor Conspiracy: Reflections on Media Coverage of the Gulf War 1990-1991 7. Ethnicity and Reports of the 1992-95 Bosnia Conflict 8. Culture, Media and the Politics of Disintegration and Ethnic Division in Former Yugoslavia 9. Nationalism, Ethnic Antagonism and Mass Communication in Greece 10. Reporting and Misrepresenting the Horn of Africa 11. War and Ethnicity in Liberia 12. Representations of Ethnic Conflict in the Kenyan Media 13. Media Ethnicisation and the International Response to War and Genocide in Rwanda 14. The War in the North: Ethnicity in Ugandan Press Explanations of Conflict, 1996-1997 15. The Media and Post-Independence Violence in Matebeleland, Zimbabwe - Press Coverage and Internet Debate.Reviews... it... may provide a good look into a topic that few journalists understand well enough to cope with in their stories. Communication Booknotes Quarterly <br> ... it... may provide a good look into a topic that few journalists understand well enough to cope with in their stories. Communication Booknotes Quarterly <br> Author InformationTim Allen is a reader at the London School of Economics and director of the post-graduate programme in Development Studies. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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