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What is the Relationship Between Hate Radio and Violence? Rethinking Rwanda's "Radio Machete"

In: Media and Mass Atrocity: The Rwanda Genocide and Beyond
Allan Thompson (ed.)
Waterloo, Ontario: Centre for International Governance Innovation (2019), pp. 97-130
"The evidence amounts to a persuasive refutation of the commonly held beliefs that radio had widespread, direct effects and that hate radio was the primary driver of the genocide and participation in it. That said, the evidence suggests radio had some marginal and conditional effects. RTLM broadcast ... more

Hate Radio: Materialien, Dokumente, Theorie

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2014), 255 pp.

What is the Relationship Between Hate Radio and Violence? Rethinking Rwanda's "Radio Machete"

In: Radio in Africa: Publics, Cultures, Communities
Liz Gunner; Dina Ligaga; Dumisani Moyo (eds.)
Johannesburg: Wits University Press (2011), pp. 83-101

Hate Radio: Reenactment einer Sendung des „Radio-Télévision Libre des Mille Collines – RTLM“ aus dem Jahr 1994

Zürich; Berlin: International Institute of Political Murder (IIPM) (2010), 18 pp.

A People Betrayed: The Role of the West in Rwanda's Genocide

London; New York: Zed Books, new updated ed. (2009), vii, 370 pp.
"In this classic of investigative journalism, Linda Melvern tells the compelling story of what really happened, revealing both the scale, speed and intensity of the unfolding genocide, as well as exposing the governments and individuals who could have prevented what was happening, if they had chosen ... more

The Media and the Rwanda Genocide

Kofi Annan (statement)
London; Kampala; Ottawa: Pluto Press;Fountain Publishers;International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2007), xvi, 463 pp.
"This book examines the crucial role the media played in the 1994 Rwanda genocide, bringing together local reporters and commentators from Rwanda, Western journalists, and media theorists. Part One (eight articles) describes and analyzes "Hate Media in Rwanda", mainly, but not exclusively, focusing ... more
"The importance of hate radio pervades commentary on the Rwandan genocide, and Rwanda has become a paradigmatic case of media sparking extreme violence. However, there exists little social scientific analysis of radio's impact on the onset of genocide and the mobilization of genocide participants. T ... more
"We examine and interpret the role of the government-controlled Radio-Television Libre des Mille Collines (RTLM) in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, which involved mass killings both of and by civilians. We consider the historical and political context of the genocide and analyze excerpts from RTLM radio ... more