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

Acknowledgments 11

Foreword Tom Hayden 13

Preface 19

Introduction 21

Media and Violence 25

Part 1 The Bad News: Media, Genocide, and War

Chapter 1 Hate as a Contagion: Media and the Rwandan Genocide 35

The Background: Setting the Stage for Genocide 39

Media as a Weapon 41

What Was the Effect of Media? 49

Chapter 2 Conspiracy and Murder: Media and the Holocaust 53

The Four Factors of Genocide 56

More Enemies 65

Controlling the Message by Controlling the Media 65

The Elements Come Together 67

Chapter 3 Killing in the Name Of … : Media and the Bosnian War 69

How Did We Get Here? Early History 76

Leading up to the Bosnian War: The Serbian Media, Kosovo, and the Rise of Slobodan Miloševic 80

Blame on Them 92

What Happened? 93

Part 2 The Good News: Media, Global Community, and Peace

Chapter 4 Averting Genocide: Media in Burundi 97

Ijambo's Wise Words 102

The Ijambo News 103

Inspiration 105

Public-Affairs Programs 106

Radio Dramas 108

Breaking the Code 110

The Outcomes 110

Chapter 5 Peace and the Edge: Media and the Belfast Peace Agreement 113

The Seven Stages of Media 123

The Journalists 132

Media and Peace 134

Part 3 Media, Human Rights, and Democracy

Chapter 6 In Black and White: Media and the Struggle against Apartheid 137

Media under Apartheid: A "Total Onslaught" 143

The Mainstream Media War 149

Free Mandela! 158

Mass Media and South Africa's Political Transformation 166

Chapter 7 One Nation, Ripped Apart: Chile's Fall and the Rise of Democracy 169

The Original 9/11 169

The Five Stages of Media 173

Slow Turning 190

The Turning Point 195

The Chilean Story of Media and Democracy 197

Chapter 8 Death of the Perfect Dictatorship: Media, Democracy, and Regime Change in Mexico 199

Early Media under the PRI 201

A New Kid on the Block 212

Aguas Blancas Massacre 213

Death of the Tiger 214

Chapter 9 Regime Change: Media and Taiwan's Fight for Democracy 217

Media under Chiang, the Elder 220

Chiang, the Younger 222

A Beautiful Island 224

The Air of Debate 231

Part 4 Media and Social Change

Chapter 10 The Tipping Point: Ending Five Thousands Years of Violence on Girls 237

Three Stages of Social Change in Senegal 240

Beyond Senegal 247

Attaining Custom Change 248

Part 5 Media's Role in the Fate of the World

Chapter 11 The Fate of the World: Media and Climate Change 253

The Tried-and-Untrue Tobacco Campaign 256

No Contest: The Journalists 263

Reversion 266

A Snowball's Chance in Hell 269

Chapter 12 The Sounds of Silence: Group, Societies, and Media's Role 273

The Social-Psychological Backdrop: Social Gravity 273

The Roles of Media and Group 276

The Genocidal Frame: Stirring Emotions through Blame, Hate, and Fear 279

Role-Play and Distotions 280

Silencing and Status Quo 281

The Costs of Silencing 284

Change Frames, Change the World? 286

The Power of Media 287

Chapter 13 Kill the Messenger 289

Changing Media, Changing World 290

Better Media, Better Humanity? 292

Building a Better Media 295

Invisible Forces 1 298

Invisible Forces 2: Legal Structures and Institutional Support 305

Invisible Forces 3: Building Better Journalism 308

Holding Candles to the Darkness 312

Notes 313