Walter C Soderlund, E Donald Briggs, Tom Pierre Najem, Blake C Roberts

Africa's Deadliest Conflict

Media Coverage of the Humanitarian Disaster in the Congo and the United Nations Response, 1997-2008

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Produktbeschreibung

Focuses on the role of mass media in creating a will to intervene in the brutal conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1997-2011. Examines peacekeeping in the Age of R2P and the role of mass media in both promoting and inhibiting robust international responses to large-scale humanitarian crises.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Seitenzahl: 275
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9781554588350
• ISBN-10: 1554588359
• Artikelnr.: 36873525

Autorenporträt

Walter C. Soderlund is a professor emeritus in the Department of Political Science at the University of Windsor. His books include Africa's Deadliest Conflict, The Independence of South Sudan, and The Responsibility to Protect in Darfur.

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Table of Contents for
Africa's Deadliest Conflict: Media Coverage of the Humanitarian Disaster in
the Congo and the United Nations Response, 1997-2008 by Walter C.
Soderlund, E. Donald Briggs, Tom Pierre Najem, and Blake C. Roberts
List of Tables and Maps
Acknowledgements
The Authors
Introduction
1 The Congo: Understanding the Conflict
2 The UN Response: From ONUC to MONUSCO
3 Mass Media, Public Awareness and Television News Coverage of the Congo
4 New York Times Framing of the Second Congo War
5 New York Times Framing of the Third Congo War
6 Media Coverage of the Congo Wars: An Overall Assessment
7 Peacekeeping in the Age of R2P
Conclusion: The Impact of Mass Media on "The Will to Intervene"
Postscript: An Update on Events
Appendix: Descriptive Language
Notes
References
Index