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- Title
Reinterpreting Human Rights through Global Media: A Case Study of Al Jazeera English.
- Authors
Bailliet, Cecilia M.
- Abstract
This article assesses the increased significance of global media reports in evolving societal comprehension of the structural causes and solutions to human rights violations. Utilizing Al Jazeera English as a case study, this article analyses its reports on the right to food, freedom of expression, and women's rights. It provides a qualitative evaluation of its identification of human rights problems and proposal of solutions, in particular in relation to law or institutional reform. The article concludes by calling for increased human rights related research focusing on media.
- Subjects
HUMAN rights; AL Jazeera America LLC; MASS media; RIGHT to food; FREEDOM of expression
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Human Rights, 2013, Vol 2, Issue 1, p39
- ISSN
1923-9211
- Publication type
Article