Violence and Voices: Armed Political Opposition Groups' Interaction with the Foreign News Media
Spiros, Michael
2007
- Submitted in partial fulfillment of the degree of Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. Abstract: This thesis analyzes violent behavior towards news reporters by armed political opposition during armed conflicts. Specifically, it seeks to determine if, based on recent increases in violence against reporters in Iraq in particular, if there is a general ... read moreshift in the attitude of such groups towards reporters and a new norm of viewing foreign reporters as combatants. To do this, a new framework was developed that consciously extends the existing models of the role of the press in international conflicts to include the proclivity of armed political opposition groups to view foreign reporters as combatants and use violence against them. Ultimately it is determined that there is no fundamental change, and that the framework explains the different attitudes of armed opposition groups tow! ards reporters. Instead, the increase in violence reflects the Iraq situation specifically, which is characterised with more such opposition groups than seen in past conflicts and more having the characteristics of the most violent towards reporters, as described by the developed framework.read less
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