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Soderlund, W. C.

Africa's deadliest conflict : media coverage of the humanitarian disaster in the Congo and the United Nations response, 1997-2008 / Walter C. Soderlund, E. Donald Briggs, Tom Pierre Najem, Blake C. Roberts. - xix, 237 pages : maps ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-225) and index.

The Congo : understanding the conflict -- The UN response : from ONUC to MONUSCO -- Mass media, public awareness, and television news coverage of the Congo -- New York Times framing of the Second Congo War -- New York Times framing of the Third Congo War -- Media coverage of the Congo wars : an overall assessment -- Peacekeeping in the age of R2P -- Conclusion : the impact of mass media on "the will to intervene" -- Postscript : an update on events.



ISBN: 9781554588350 1554588359 9781554588787 1554588782

LCCN: 2017434749

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB280690 bnb 20129042625 can

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: (AMICUS)000040806789 016148671 Uk

Subjects--Corporate Names:
United Nations--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kinshasa.
United Nations.

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
Since 1997

Subjects--Topical Terms:
War in mass media.
Press--Influence.
Humanitarian assistance--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kinshasa.
Guerre dans les m�edias.
Presse--Influence.
Aide humantaire--Congo (R�epublique d�emocratique)--Kinshasa.
Nations Unies--Congo (R�epublique d�emocratique)--Kinshasa.
Aide humanitaire--Congo (R�epublique d�emocratique)--Kinshasa.
Humanitarian assistance.
Press--Influence.
War in mass media.
Kongo (Kinshasa)--historia--1997-
Humanit�ar intervention.
Massmedia och krig.
Massmedia--influenser.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Congo (Democratic Republic)--History--1997-
Congo (R�epublique d�emocratique)--Histoire--1997-
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kinshasa.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History.

LC Class. No.: DT546 / .A37 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 967.5103/4