Editorials

Welcome to the Study on Media & Diversity

admin — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:00:14 +0200

Dear Colleagues

I am sure you all remember the hateful propaganda of the infamous Rwandan Radio des Mille Collines or TV Serbia. Using (or misusing) their right to freedom of expression, they both managed to demonise anyone who looked, thought, or prayed in a way they disapproved of.

‘Home Sweet Home’ – Or is it? Media coverage of Domestic Violence

admin — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:16:19 +0100

By Lesley Abdela, Senior Partner Shevolution. Lesley.abdela@shevolution.com

Throughout Europe and Europe’s long history, free Media has helped human rights and justice make progress on issues which have historically been hidden, ignored or considered too hot to handle. This should be true of Domestic Violence. Journalists and editors with a privileged access to the public greater even than politicians should share a moral and public duty – virtually a Hippocratic oath – to name and shame the perpetrators of this vicious, deeply cowardly crime.

Public Awareness of Human Rights: Distortions in the Mass Media

admin — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 12:04:42 +0100

In 2009, Eric Heinze will be publishing in the International Journal of Human Rights, vol. 12, an article entitled ‘Public Awareness of Human Rights: Distortions in the Mass Media’. The study, assisted by doctoral candidate Rosa Freedman, examines day-by-day coverage of global human rights in two US and two UK broadsheets: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian and The Financial Times.