GOV 223 HUMAN RIGHTS, MEDIA & ACTIVISM

Human Rights, Media, and Modern Activism. An examination, through a variety of media, of the complicated relationship between mediated violence and mobilization to halt it. Why does media coverage of human rights atrocities sometimes mobilize people to take action to stop them, while at other times it is met with indifference? Why are some conflicts covered in the media, while others are ignored? Do different forms of media have a greater or lesser impact on mobilization? What are the various methods that human-rights activists have employed to overcome compassion fatigue?

Credits

4

Cross Listed Courses

This is the same course as AFR 224.

Prerequisite

GOV 111, GOV 112, or GOV 113; or permission of the instructor.

Enrollment Limit

Enrollment limited to 26 students.

Attributes

A3, MOIE