The role of the mass media in genocide is multifaceted with respect to the disclosure and flow of information. This volume investigates questions of responsibility; denial; victimisation and marginalisation through an analysis of the media representations of the Armenian genocide in different national contexts.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Everyone should read thisBy Laurie A. Brown“Slavery in Small Things†examines how slavery changed the world in ways that most of us don’t think about- or even know about because it’s ignored in textbooks. It was through slavery that cane sugar; tobacco; and cotton plantations came about. That changed people’s dietary habits; created smoking habits all over the world; and changed how people dressed. Slavery allowed huge mahogany forests to be cut down and made into very popular furniture- furniture that started out only in the homes of the very wealthy; and now can be found in the homes of all economic strata. Cities in England changed; with factories springing up to make that cheap cotton into fabric and to forge the chains that held the slaves. Armed ports developed on the coast of Africa; where slaves from the interior were held for the disgusting slave ships to come get them. The western world economy changed because of this exploitation and torture of people.This is a short; fast read; in easy to understand language. Things did get repeated at times; almost like the chapters were first written as separate articles; but I don’t think this is the case. I feel this book should be in all high school curriculum.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Important insights into the importance of slavery over the past 400 yearsBy Robert C RossThis book opened my eyes to aspects of slavery that I had never considered; or even realized; even though I had done a fair amount of Civil Rights work over the years.So many of the "finer" things in life owed their creation and popularity to unpaid labor of millions of Africans -- sugar; tea; coffee; great houses in England and Europe; iron manufacture -- for ships; forts along the western coast essentially holding jails; shackles; much more. Each chapter has new insights for the main topic of the chapter.The most amazing to me was the story of the cowrie shells; created by snails in the middle of the Indian Ocean; and then carried by the barrel full to Europe and on to Africa as part of the stock in trade of slavers. The sellers of slaves accepted the shells as currency because they were light; impossible to counterfeit; beautiful; easy to display as a sign of wealth -- and all part of an amazing international trade; much more complex than the tripartite trade I was taught in high school.And; today; in Harlem; I saw cowrie shell jewelry; now no longer a symbol or currency for slavery; but apparently a symbol of Africa and African pride.Amazing book.Robert C. RossAugust 20170 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Highly recommended.By J. ArenaInsightful; penetrating examination of the slave trade in ways I had not previously examined carefully before. I highly recommend this book to anyone desiring a knowledge of this system that entrapped so many. This volume is well researched and presented in an entertaining manner.
