Reporting Disasters : Famine, Aid, Politics and the Media.

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The media reporting of the Ethiopian Famine in 1984-5 was an iconic news event. It is widely believed to have had an unprecedented impact, challenging perceptions of Africa and mobilising public opinion and philanthropic action in a dramatic new way. The contemporary international configuration of a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Franks, Suzanne
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Hurst, 2014.
Temas:
Disasters > Moral and ethical aspects > Press coverage > Ethiopia.
Famines > Press coverage > Ethiopia.
Journalism > Political aspects.
Mass media and public opinion.
Economic assistance.
Press and politics.
Catastrophes > Aspect moral > Couverture de presse > Éthiopie.
Famines > Couverture de presse > Éthiopie.
Presse > Aspect politique.
Médias et opinion publique.
Aide économique.
assistance.
Press and politics
Mass media and public opinion
Journalism > Political aspects
Economic assistance
Ethiopia
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The media reporting of the Ethiopian Famine in 1984-5 was an iconic news event. It is widely believed to have had an unprecedented impact, challenging perceptions of Africa and mobilising public opinion and philanthropic action in a dramatic new way. The contemporary international configuration of aid, media pressure, and official policy is still directly affected and sometimes distorted by what was--as this narrative shows--also an inaccurate and misleading story. In popular memory, the reporting of Ethiopia and the resulting humanitarian intervention were a great success. Yet alternative int.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (407 pages)
ISBN:9781849042888
1849042888

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