The CNN effect : The myth of news, foreign policy and intervention

The last decade has seen an increased willingness by Western governments to use force to intervene in distant humanitarian crises, and this has been coupled with significant levels of media attention to the human casualties of war and conflict. Central to this new policy of intervention is the so-ca...

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Main Author: Robinson, Piers, 1970-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London: Routledge, 2002.
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