TABLE OF CONTENT
APPROVAL .......................................................................................... ii
DE CLARA TI ON ..••...•...................................•....................................... iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ........................................................................ iv
ABBREVIATIONS ....•...•..•........•..•....•.........................•.......•...•............... v
TABLE OF CONTENT .......................................................................... vii
ABSTRACT ..............•....•.........................................•............................ ix
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 BACKGROUND OF THE PROBLEM ....................................................... 1
1.1 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM ..................................................... .4
1.5 CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK ..............•....•...........................•...•....... 6
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW ....•............•.................................•.........•............ 7
2.0 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................. 7
2.1 Chechnya, 1994. Media coverage but international inaction ..•.............•.......... 8
2.2 Burundi, 1996: The importance of media coverage ...................................... 8
2.3 Northern Iraq and Southern Turkey, 1991. ......•.............•....•..........•......... 9
2.4 Srebrenica, 1993 ................................................................................ 9
2.5 Rwanda, 1994 ..................................•................................................ 10
2.6 Partiality in conflict reporting: The media's secret shame ........................... 11
2.7 History ofKibera ........................................................••...•.....•.......... 13
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5.2 CONCLUSION .......•......•...............................•........•..............•.......•. 25
5.3 RECOMMENDATIONS •.•••••.•...••.•..•.•••.••.••.•.•••..•..••••.••.•••.•••..••.•..•••... 26
REFFERENCE .................................................................................... 28
APPENDIX •..•..............•...............•..........•....................•..•...........•....... 30
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ABSTRACT
This research was carried out in Kibera in Kampala Uganda. This research examined the
role of the media in conflict management and how to handle emergencies in their
reporting.
In handling the issue of conflict management, the media has been in the front line in
highlighting the rights and concern of those affected. This includes being impartial in
their reporting of matters so that they are not seen as favoring a certain group over others,
reporting on human rights violation, reporting on the suffering of people to put into light
their plight so that they get the necessary assistance they need.
Although the media has done a lot to avert this, it is to some extent to blame for the
situation. Therefore by disseminating conflicting messages which could have fuelled the
hatred. Therefore the media should act according its role of being the watchdog of the
society so that issues like this don't arise in the future.
