Conectando mídia e Relações Internacionais: a atuação da imprensa no genocídio em Ruanda

Abstract

This work aims to establish a connection between two areas of study: media and international relations, approaching the role of the press in the Genocide in Rwanda as an example of the dynamics between the two areas. Thus, the research will address the participation of the media as an actor in contemporary international relations, understanding the possibilities and consequences of media action in conflict situations, through the analysis of theory such as the CNN effect, and the proposed agenda setting. Corroborated with the murder of about 1 million people: the Rwandan national media, which with hate speeches against Tutsis and propaganda strategies, incited the Hutu population towards the Genocide, and the International media, represented by the main vehicles of mass media, by publishing, most of the time, reductionist and sensationalist articles about the conflict, ended up influencing public opinion not to pressure the international community, thus acting in a way to legitimize the discourse of countries like the United States, who did not want to intervene in the conflict.