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Human Rights Journalism : advances in reporting distant humanitarian interventions / Ibrahim Seaga Shaw.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, c2012.Description: xvi, 281 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780230321427
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 070.449 23 SHA
Contents:
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.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Barcode
Books Hamu Mukasa Library Closed Access l Short Loan; Level 1 070.449 SHA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 121173

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-268) and indexes.

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.

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