Foreword / by Tom Hayden -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART 1. The bad news : Media, genocide, and war. Hate as a contagion : media and the Rwandan genocide -- Conspiracy and murder : media and the Holocaust -- Killing in the name of ... : media and the Bosnian war -- -- PART 2. The good news : media, global community, and peace. Averting genocide : media in Burundi -- Peace at the edge : media and the Belfast Peace Agreement -- -- PART 3. Media, human rights, and democracy. In black and white : media and the struggle against apartheid -- One nation, ripped apart : Chile's fall and the rise of democracy -- Death of the perfect dictatorship : media, democracy, and regime change in Mexico -- Regime change : media and Taiwan's fight for democracy -- -- PART 4. Media and social change. The tipping point : ending five thousand years of violence on girls -- -- PART 5. Media's role in the fate of the world. The fate of the world : media and climate change -- The sounds of silence : groups, societies, and media's role -- Kill the messenger.
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