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The Responsibility to Protect in Darfur : The Role of Mass Media.

Sidahmed, Abdel Salam.

The Responsibility to Protect in Darfur : The Role of Mass Media. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (173 pages)

The Responsibility To Protect In Darfur -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- List of Tables -- Map of Africa -- Map of Sudan -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 State Sovereignty and the Responsibility to Protect -- Chapter 2 Understanding the Darfur Conflict -- Chapter 3 Mass Media, Public Opinion, and International Intervention -- Chapter 4 Broadcast Television News Coverage -- Chapter 5 New York Times Coverage -- Chapter 6 Mass Media and the Responsibility to Protect -- Appendix A Chronology -- Appendix B Descriptive Language -- References -- Index -- About the Authors.

The Responsibility to Protect in Darfur traces the development of international intervention in domestic conflict, culminating in the concept of 'Responsibility to Protect' in 2001. The authors explain the background and complexity of the crisis besetting Darfur, and document U.S. media coverage of the crisis in terms of framing that would mobilize public opinion behind international intervention.

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Mass media--Moral and ethical aspects--Sudan.
Mass media--Social aspects--Sudan.
Sudan--History--Darfur Conflict, 2003--Mass media and the conflict.
Sudan--History--Darfur Conflict, 2003--Press coverage.
Sudan--History--Darfur Conflict, 2003--Foreign public opinion, American.


Electronic books.

DT159.6.D27S54 2009

962.404/3

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