How radio affects violent conflict: New evidence from Rwanda (Record no. 528932)
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| Personal name | Nzitatira, Hollie Nyseth Billing, Trey and Edgerton, Jared F. |
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| Title | How radio affects violent conflict: New evidence from Rwanda |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc | American Sociological Review |
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| Extent | 89(5), Oct, 2024: p.876-906 |
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| Summary, etc | Researchers have long debated how radio broadcasts affected the dynamics of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, with some arguing that the radio was highly consequential, and others suggesting such effects have been overstated. This article contributes to these debates—as well as to debates regarding the role of old and new media in collective action—by examining whether and how Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines (Radio RTLM) coverage was associated with two core aspects of the violence: (1) subnational onset of genocidal violence and (2) participation in genocidal violence across subnational spaces. Drawing on new data on Radio RTLM coverage, we find that areas with coverage were more likely to experience immediate onset of violence. However, our analysis of participation in the genocide—which uses more accurate measures of participation and of radio coverage than prior studies—finds no significant association between Radio RTLM coverage and subnational levels of participation. After illustrating that these results are robust to numerous model specifications, we theorize that information broadcast over the radio’s airways contributed to the creation of a critical mass that initiated genocide in localized spaces. We conclude by considering the importance of understanding the role of media in the subnational onset of violence.- Reproduced https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00031224241278905 |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Media, Conflict, genocide, Rwanda, Collective action. |
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