Forging Peace

Intervention, Human Rights, and the Management of Media Space

• Author(s): Monroe E. Price, Mark Thompson,
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Pages: 408
• ISBN_10: 0253215730
  ISBN_13: 9780253215734
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs , Humor / General , Law / Communications , Law / International , Law / Media & the Law , Literary Collections / Letters , Literary Criticism / Drama , Political Science / International Relations / General , Political Science / Peace , Political Science / Human Rights , Political Science / Political Process / Media & Internet , Social Science / Media Studies ,

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The bloody conflicts of the past decade have focused international attention on the strategic role of the media in promoting war and perpetuating chaos. Written against this backdrop, Forging Peace brings together case studies and legal analysis of the steps that the United Nations, NATO, and other organizations have taken to build pluralist and independent media in the wake of massive human rights violations. It examines current thinking on the legality of unilateral humanitarian intervention, and analyzes in graphic detail the pioneering use of information intervention techniques in conflict zones, ranging from full-scale bombardment and confiscation of transmitters to the establishment of new laws and regulatory regimes. With its focus on the role of media in preventing human rights violations, Forging Peace will influence policy and debate for years to come.