Why Darfur (and Why Not the D. R. Congo)? : Tracing a Conflict's Rise from Media Obscurity

Hawkins, Virgil

国際公共政策研究, 2012, 16(2), 27-41

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Title
Why Darfur (and Why Not the D. R. Congo)? : Tracing a Conflict's Rise from Media Obscurity
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CreatorName
Hawkins, Virgil
Subject
Darfur
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
media coverage
genocide
Africa
Abstract
Africa's conflicts have remained largely absent from the US media agenda since the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide in the mid-1990s. This changed in 2004, when a conflict in Darfur began to attract and sustain moderately high levels of attention. This paper explores the factors behind Darfur's rise on the media agenda. It concludes that a combination of US national/political interest, timing (notably the coincidence of the tenth anniversary of the Rwandan genocide), and the simplified framing of the conflict as a case of genocide, gave Darfur its place in the spotlight.
Publisher
大阪大学大学院国際公共政策研究科
オオサカ ダイガク ダイガクイン コクサイ コウキョウ セイサク ケンキュウカ
Source Title
国際公共政策研究
International Public Policy Studies
Volume (Issue)
16(2)
Page
27-41
Date of Issued
2012-03
Language
English
Handle URL
https://hdl.handle.net/11094/24505
PISSN
13428101
NCID
AA1115271X
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open access
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紀要論文 Departmental Bulletin Paper
INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES / Vol.16 No.2 (2012-03)