From massacres to genocide
Subtitle: the media, public policy, and humanitarian crises
By: Robert I. Rotberg, Thomas G. Weiss, editors.
Contributors: Rotberg, Robert I.; Weiss, Thomas George.
Publisher: Brookings Institution
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
Subjects: Disaster relief; International relief; Disasters -- Press coverage; Mass media; Disaster relief -- Public relations; Human rights
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Communications, policy-making, and humanitarian crises / Fred H. Cate; title: Reporting humanitarianism : are the new electronic media making a difference? / Edward R. Girardet; title: Suffering in silence : media coverage of war and famine in the Sudan / Steven Livingston; title: Big problems, small print : a guide to the complexity of humanitarian emergencies and the media / Peter Shiras; title: Emergency response as morality play : the media, the relief agencies, and the need for capacity building / John Hammock and Joel R. Charny; title: The media and the refugee / Lionel Rosenblatt; title: Illusions of influence : the CNN effect in complex emergencies / Andrew Natsios; title: Human rights and humanitarian crises : policy-making and the media / John Shattuck; title: Coping with the new world disorder : the media, humanitarians, and policymakers / Robert Rotberg and Thomas G. Weiss.