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1 online resource (221 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I; 1 Human rights: key issues; Part II; 2 Information, media and power; 3 The normative dimension: cosmopolitanism; Part III; 4 Humanitarian intervention; Case study: Kosovo 1999; Case study: Libya 2011; 5 Genocide; Case study: Rwanda 1994; Case study: Darfur 2003-present; 6 Asylum and immigration; Case study: Mobility in the EU; Case study: The UNHCR and World Refugee Day; 7 Freedom of speech; Case study: Danish cartoons; Case study: Whistle-blowing; 8 Torture |
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Case study: Abu GhraibCase study: 'Extraordinary' rendition and 'ordinary' extradition; 9 Conclusion: media and human rights: cosmopolitan promise or deficit?; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
In recent years there has been an explosion in the usage and visibility of the language of human rights, but what does this mean for the role of the media? For evolving ideas about human rights? And for the prospect of shared cosmopolitan values?Ekaterina Balabanova argues that in order to answer these questions there needs to be a deconstruction of monolithic ways of thinking about the media and human rights, incorporating the spectrum of political arguments and worldviews that underpin both. Ten case studies are presented which illustrate many of the problems and challenges associated with t |
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Print version record |
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Human rights.
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Mass media
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Cosmopolitanism.
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mass media.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Journalism.
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Cosmopolitanism.
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Human rights.
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Mass media.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781136253881 |
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1136253882 |
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