Kill the Messenger: The Media's Role in the Fate of the World by Armoudian, Maria

Kill the Messenger: The Media's Role in the Fate of the World

This wide-ranging, insightful book will make readers keenly aware of the media's power, while underscoring the role...
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Author: Maria Armoudian
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Kill the Messenger: The Media's Role in the Fate of the World by Armoudian, Maria

Kill the Messenger: The Media's Role in the Fate of the World

$56.63

Kill the Messenger: The Media's Role in the Fate of the World

$56.63
Author: Maria Armoudian
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
This wide-ranging, insightful book will make readers keenly aware of the media's power, while underscoring the role that we all play in fostering a media climate that cultivates a greater sense of humanity, cooperation, and fulfillment of human potential. What role do the media have in creating the conditions for atrocities such as occurred in Rwanda? Conversely, can the media be used to preserve democracy and safeguard the human rights of all citizens in a diverse society? How will the media, now global in scope, affect the fate of the planet itself? The author explores these intriguing questions and more in this in-depth examination of the media's power to either help or harm. She begins by documenting how the media were used to spread a contagion of hate in three deadly conflicts: Rwanda, Nazi Germany, and the former Yugoslavia. She then turns to areas of the world where the media acted constructively-by aiding the peace process in Northern Ireland, rebuilding democracy in Chile, bridging ethnic divides in South Africa, improving the lot of women in Senegal, and boosting transparency and democratization in Mexico and Taiwan. Finally, she explains how the media interact with psychological and cultural forces to impact perceptions, fears, peer-pressure, "groupthink," and the creation of heroes and villains.

Author: Maria Armoudian
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 05/24/2011
Pages: 389
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.48lbs
Size: 9.16h x 6.38w x 1.25d
ISBN: 9781616143879

About the Author
Maria Armoudian (Los Angeles, CA) is the host and producer of a radio show called "The Insighters" on KPFK and WPRR. She is a fellow of the Center for International Studies and a PhD candidate at the University of Southern California.


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