Television News and Human Rights in the Us & UK: The Violations Will Not Be Televised

ISBN-13: 9780815370611 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 182 str.

USA) Shawna M. (Kingsborough Community College Brandle

Opis

Bridging across the disciplines of human rights studies, comparative politics, and communication studies in a way that has not been done, this book looks at television news coverage of human rights in the US and UK to answer the question of whether the CNN Effect actually does occur.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Human Rights and the Media in the US & UK  3. Content Analysis I: US Phrase Search  4. Content Analysis II: US & UK Transcript Analysis  5. Content Analysis III: Comparing Twenty Years of American and British Television News Coverage  6. Case Studies: China, Somalia, and Sudan  7. Conclusion  Appendix I: Methodology  Appendix II: Coding Instruments  Appendix III: All Countries Featured in Human Rights Stories, 1990-2009

O autorze

Shawna M. Brandle is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Kingsborough Community College, New York. Her interests include media and international relations.