(Ebook) The Media and the Rwanda Genocide by Kofi Annan, Allan Thompson ISBN 9780745326252, 9781552503386, 0745326250, 1552503380

(Ebook) The Media and the Rwanda Genocide by Kofi Annan, Allan Thompson ISBN 9780745326252, 9781552503386, 0745326250, 1552503380

The news media played a crucial role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide: local
media fuelled 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 by 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 media's
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 negative influence that the
media can have, when used as a political tool or when news
organisations 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.