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

by Maria Armoudian

This wide-ranging, insightful book will make readers keenly aware of the media's power, while underscoring the role that we all play in fostering a media climate that cultivates a greater sense of humanity, cooperation, and fulfillment of human potential. What role do the media have in creating the conditions for atrocities such as occurred in Rwanda? Conversely, can the media be used to preserve democracy and safeguard the human rights of all citizens...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1616143878
• ISBN13: 9781616143879
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Length: 389 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.2"