Journalism for Social Change in Asia: Reporting Human Rights

by Kasun Ubayasiri and Scott Downman

Book Overview

This book explores the role and purpose of journalism to spark and propagate change by investigating human rights journalism and its capacity to inform, educate and activate change. Downman and Ubayasiri maximize this approach by proposing a new paradigm of reporting through the use of human-focussed news values. This approach is a radical departure from the traditional style that typically builds on abstract concepts. The book will explore human...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349951781
• ISBN13: 9781349951789
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 219 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"