Allan Thompson is Associate Professor at the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada and a former columnist with the Toronto Star. He is the editor of The Media and the Rwanda Genocide (Pluto, 2007).Kofi A. Annan was the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations, serving two terms from January 1, 1997, to December 31, 2006, and was the first to emerge from the ranks of UN staff. In 2001 Kofi Annan and the United Nations were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, with the citation praising his leadership for “bringing new life to the organization.”

• Foreword: Message to the symposium on the media and the Rwanda genocide by Kofi AnnanPreface Introduction by Allan Thompson 1. The media dichotomy by Roméo Dallaire 2. Rwanda: walking the road to genocide by Gerald Caplan Part 1: Hate media in Rwanda3. Call to genocide: radio in Rwanda, 1994 by Alison Des Forges 4. RTLM propaganda: the democratic alibi by Jean-Pierre Chrétien 5. Kangura: the triumph of propaganda refined by Marcel Kabanda (4910)6. Rwandan private print media on the eve of the genocide by Jean-Marie Vianney Higiro 7. Echoes of violence: considerations on radio and genocide in Rwanda by Darryl Li 8. Journalism in a time of hate media by Thomas Kamilindi 9. RTLM: the medium that became a tool for mass murder by Mary Kimani10. The effect of RTLM's rhetoric of ethnic hatred in rural Rwanda by Charles Mironko Part 2: International coverage of the genocide11. Reporting the genocide by Mark Doyle 12. Who failed in Rwanda, journalists or the media? by Anne Chaon 13. Reporting Rwanda: the media and the aid agencies by Lindsey Hilsum 14. Limited vision: how both the American media and government failed Rwanda by Steven Livingston 15. Missing the story: the media and the Rwandan genocide by Linda Melvern 16. What did they say? African media coverage of the first 100 days of the Rwandan crisis by Emmanuel C. Alozie 17. Exhibit 467: genocide through a camera lens by Nick Hughes 18. Media failure over Rwanda's genocide by Tom Giles 19. A genocide without images: white film noirs by Edgar Roskis 20. Notes on circumstances that facilitate genocide: The attention given to Rwanda by the media and others outside Rwanda before 1990 by Mike Dottridge 21. The media's failure: a reflection on the Rwandan genocide by Richard Dowden 22. How the media missed Rwandan genocide by Alan J. Kuperman 23. An analysis of news magazine coverage of the Rwanda crisis in the United States by Melissa WallPart 3: Journalism as genocide: the Media Trial24. The verdict: summary judgement from the Media Trial 25. The pre-genocide case against Radio-Télévision Libre des Milles Collines by Simone Monasebian 26. The challenges in prosecuting print media for incitement to genocide by Charity Kagwi-Ndungu 27. 'Hate media' - crimes against humanity and genocide: Opportunities missed by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda by Jean-Marie Biju-Duval 28. A lost opportunity for justice: Why did the ICTR not prosecute gender propaganda? by Binaifer Nowrojee Part 4: After the genocide and the way forward29. Intervening to prevent genocidal violence: the role of the media by Frank Chalk 30. Information in crisis areas as a tool for peace: the Hirondelle experience by Philippe Dahinden 31. The use and abuse of media in vulnerable societies by Mark Frohardt and Jonathan Temin 32. Censorship and propaganda in post-genocide Rwanda by Lars Waldorf 33. PG - parental guidance or portrayal of genocide: The comparative depiction of mass murder in contemporary cinema by Michael Dorland 34. The responsibility to report: a new journalistic paradigm by Allan Thompson Bibliography Index

Collected volumes often do not cohere well. Thompson's collection is an exception, and it additionally demonstrates the value of edited books. the reader is treated to a range of approaches and opinions that would be hard to find in a single-authored monograph. -- Scott Straus, Modern African Studies, vol 46/1-2008

Allan Thompson is Associate Professor at the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada and a former columnist with the Toronto Star. He is the editor of The Media and the Rwanda Genocide (Pluto, 2007).Kofi A. Annan was the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations, serving two terms from January 1, 1997, to December 31, 2006, and was the first to emerge from the ranks of UN staff. In 2001 Kofi Annan and the United Nations were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, with the citation praising his leadership for “bringing new life to the organization.”

• Foreword: Message to the symposium on the media and the Rwanda genocide by Kofi AnnanPreface Introduction by Allan Thompson 1. The media dichotomy by Roméo Dallaire 2. Rwanda: walking the road to genocide by Gerald Caplan Part 1: Hate media in Rwanda3. Call to genocide: radio in Rwanda, 1994 by Alison Des Forges 4. RTLM propaganda: the democratic alibi by Jean-Pierre Chrétien 5. Kangura: the triumph of propaganda refined by Marcel Kabanda (4910)6. Rwandan private print media on the eve of the genocide by Jean-Marie Vianney Higiro 7. Echoes of violence: considerations on radio and genocide in Rwanda by Darryl Li 8. Journalism in a time of hate media by Thomas Kamilindi 9. RTLM: the medium that became a tool for mass murder by Mary Kimani10. The effect of RTLM's rhetoric of ethnic hatred in rural Rwanda by Charles Mironko Part 2: International coverage of the genocide11. Reporting the genocide by Mark Doyle 12. Who failed in Rwanda, journalists or the media? by Anne Chaon 13. Reporting Rwanda: the media and the aid agencies by Lindsey Hilsum 14. Limited vision: how both the American media and government failed Rwanda by Steven Livingston 15. Missing the story: the media and the Rwandan genocide by Linda Melvern 16. What did they say? African media coverage of the first 100 days of the Rwandan crisis by Emmanuel C. Alozie 17. Exhibit 467: genocide through a camera lens by Nick Hughes 18. Media failure over Rwanda's genocide by Tom Giles 19. A genocide without images: white film noirs by Edgar Roskis 20. Notes on circumstances that facilitate genocide: The attention given to Rwanda by the media and others outside Rwanda before 1990 by Mike Dottridge 21. The media's failure: a reflection on the Rwandan genocide by Richard Dowden 22. How the media missed Rwandan genocide by Alan J. Kuperman 23. An analysis of news magazine coverage of the Rwanda crisis in the United States by Melissa WallPart 3: Journalism as genocide: the Media Trial24. The verdict: summary judgement from the Media Trial 25. The pre-genocide case against Radio-Télévision Libre des Milles Collines by Simone Monasebian 26. The challenges in prosecuting print media for incitement to genocide by Charity Kagwi-Ndungu 27. 'Hate media' - crimes against humanity and genocide: Opportunities missed by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda by Jean-Marie Biju-Duval 28. A lost opportunity for justice: Why did the ICTR not prosecute gender propaganda? by Binaifer Nowrojee Part 4: After the genocide and the way forward29. Intervening to prevent genocidal violence: the role of the media by Frank Chalk 30. Information in crisis areas as a tool for peace: the Hirondelle experience by Philippe Dahinden 31. The use and abuse of media in vulnerable societies by Mark Frohardt and Jonathan Temin 32. Censorship and propaganda in post-genocide Rwanda by Lars Waldorf 33. PG - parental guidance or portrayal of genocide: The comparative depiction of mass murder in contemporary cinema by Michael Dorland 34. The responsibility to report: a new journalistic paradigm by Allan Thompson Bibliography Index

Collected volumes often do not cohere well. Thompson's collection is an exception, and it additionally demonstrates the value of edited books. the reader is treated to a range of approaches and opinions that would be hard to find in a single-authored monograph. -- Scott Straus, Modern African Studies, vol 46/1-2008

Allan Thompson is Associate Professor at the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada and a former columnist with the Toronto Star. He is the editor of The Media and the Rwanda Genocide (Pluto, 2007).Kofi A. Annan was the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations, serving two terms from January 1, 1997, to December 31, 2006, and was the first to emerge from the ranks of UN staff. In 2001 Kofi Annan and the United Nations were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, with the citation praising his leadership for “bringing new life to the organization.”

• Foreword: Message to the symposium on the media and the Rwanda genocide by Kofi AnnanPreface Introduction by Allan Thompson 1. The media dichotomy by Roméo Dallaire 2. Rwanda: walking the road to genocide by Gerald Caplan Part 1: Hate media in Rwanda3. Call to genocide: radio in Rwanda, 1994 by Alison Des Forges 4. RTLM propaganda: the democratic alibi by Jean-Pierre Chrétien 5. Kangura: the triumph of propaganda refined by Marcel Kabanda (4910)6. Rwandan private print media on the eve of the genocide by Jean-Marie Vianney Higiro 7. Echoes of violence: considerations on radio and genocide in Rwanda by Darryl Li 8. Journalism in a time of hate media by Thomas Kamilindi 9. RTLM: the medium that became a tool for mass murder by Mary Kimani10. The effect of RTLM's rhetoric of ethnic hatred in rural Rwanda by Charles Mironko Part 2: International coverage of the genocide11. Reporting the genocide by Mark Doyle 12. Who failed in Rwanda, journalists or the media? by Anne Chaon 13. Reporting Rwanda: the media and the aid agencies by Lindsey Hilsum 14. Limited vision: how both the American media and government failed Rwanda by Steven Livingston 15. Missing the story: the media and the Rwandan genocide by Linda Melvern 16. What did they say? African media coverage of the first 100 days of the Rwandan crisis by Emmanuel C. Alozie 17. Exhibit 467: genocide through a camera lens by Nick Hughes 18. Media failure over Rwanda's genocide by Tom Giles 19. A genocide without images: white film noirs by Edgar Roskis 20. Notes on circumstances that facilitate genocide: The attention given to Rwanda by the media and others outside Rwanda before 1990 by Mike Dottridge 21. The media's failure: a reflection on the Rwandan genocide by Richard Dowden 22. How the media missed Rwandan genocide by Alan J. Kuperman 23. An analysis of news magazine coverage of the Rwanda crisis in the United States by Melissa WallPart 3: Journalism as genocide: the Media Trial24. The verdict: summary judgement from the Media Trial 25. The pre-genocide case against Radio-Télévision Libre des Milles Collines by Simone Monasebian 26. The challenges in prosecuting print media for incitement to genocide by Charity Kagwi-Ndungu 27. 'Hate media' - crimes against humanity and genocide: Opportunities missed by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda by Jean-Marie Biju-Duval 28. A lost opportunity for justice: Why did the ICTR not prosecute gender propaganda? by Binaifer Nowrojee Part 4: After the genocide and the way forward29. Intervening to prevent genocidal violence: the role of the media by Frank Chalk 30. Information in crisis areas as a tool for peace: the Hirondelle experience by Philippe Dahinden 31. The use and abuse of media in vulnerable societies by Mark Frohardt and Jonathan Temin 32. Censorship and propaganda in post-genocide Rwanda by Lars Waldorf 33. PG - parental guidance or portrayal of genocide: The comparative depiction of mass murder in contemporary cinema by Michael Dorland 34. The responsibility to report: a new journalistic paradigm by Allan Thompson Bibliography Index

Collected volumes often do not cohere well. Thompson's collection is an exception, and it additionally demonstrates the value of edited books. the reader is treated to a range of approaches and opinions that would be hard to find in a single-authored monograph. -- Scott Straus, Modern African Studies, vol 46/1-2008