Human rights journalism : advances in reporting distant humanitarian interventions /

Shaw, Ibrahim Seaga, 1962-

Human rights journalism : advances in reporting distant humanitarian interventions / Ibrahim Seaga Shaw. - xvi, 281 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword by Stuart Allan -- Introduction : background and scope of human rights journalism -- Human rights journalism : a conceptual framework -- Critical comparative analyses of human rights journalism and peace journalism, global journalism and human rights reporting -- Public, citizen and peace journalisms : towards the more radical human rights journalism strand -- The dynamics and challenges of reporting humanitarian interventions -- The 'us only' and 'us+them' frames in reporting the Sierra Leone War : implications for human rights journalism -- 'Operation Restore Hope' in Somalia and genocide in Rwanda -- Politics of humanitarian intervention and human wrongs journalism : the case of Kosovo vs Sierra Leone -- The Politics of development and global poverty eradication -- The 2007 EU-Africa Lisbon Summit and 'the Global Partnership for Africa' -- The reporting of asylum seekers and refugees in the UK -- Conclusion : a case for human rights journalism and future directions -- Afterword by Jake Lynch.

0230321429 9780230321427

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Human rights in mass media
Human rights--Press coverage
Journalism--Authorship.
Reporters and reporting.
Report writing.

P96.H85 / S53 2012

070.449323

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