Human Rights Journalism: Advances in Reporting Distant Humanitarian Interventions
Ibrahim Seaga Shaw
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Description for Human Rights Journalism: Advances in Reporting Distant Humanitarian Interventions
Hardcover. Shaw argues that journalism should focus on deconstructing the underlying structural and cultural causes of political violence such as poverty, famine and human trafficking, and play a proactive (preventative), rather than reactive (prescriptive) role in humanitarian intervention. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTC; JFDT; JPVH1; JPVH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 504.
Shaw argues that journalism should focus on deconstructing the underlying structural and cultural causes of political violence such as poverty, famine and human trafficking, and play a proactive (preventative), rather than reactive (prescriptive) role in humanitarian intervention.
Shaw argues that journalism should focus on deconstructing the underlying structural and cultural causes of political violence such as poverty, famine and human trafficking, and play a proactive (preventative), rather than reactive (prescriptive) role in humanitarian intervention.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
281
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230321427
SKU
V9780230321427
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Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
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99-15
About Ibrahim Seaga Shaw
IBRAHIM SEAGA SHAW is Senior Lecturer at the University of Northumbria, UK. With a background in journalism spanning 26 years in Sierra Leone, Britain and France, he edited Sierra Leone's award winning Expo Times newspaper in the mid 1990s. He holds a PhD from the Sorbonne and is co-editor of Expanding Peace Journalism (2011).
Reviews for Human Rights Journalism: Advances in Reporting Distant Humanitarian Interventions
'The perceptive analysis presented on these pages highlights the basis for a radical reconsideration of some of our most familiar assumptions. It does so in a manner alert to journalism's shortcomings but also to its remarkable potential to foster points of emphatic connection at a distance. In this way, Shaw's intervention inspires us to reinvigorate our efforts to develop productive ... Read more