The discursive impact of transnational advocacy networks : how amnesty international and human rights watch influenced the media coverage of the Rwanda genocide
Initial representations of the Rwanda genocide in the Western media were at best inaccurate and at worst, stereotypical, citing African "tribal savagery" and "centuries-old tribal hatred" as the reason for the mass killings. Two major human rights organizations, Amnesty Internati...
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FIU Digital Commons
2009
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| Online Access: | http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/2765 http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4065&context=etd |