| ID | 163329 |
| Title Proper | Did radio RTLM really contribute meaningfully to the Rwandan Genocide? |
| Other Title Information | using qualitative information to improve causal inference from measures of media availability |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Danning, Gordon |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | ecent research has employed estimates of media exposure to explore the relationship between information disseminated ‘from above’ and political violence. I argue that those methods involve a potential pitfall, i.e., the possibility that the variable that they measure, media availability, is an inadequate proxy for media consumption, the actual variable of interest. I further argue that researchers often cannot be confident that that proxy is a valid one unless they have a deep qualitative understanding of media consumption habits of the population under study. I illustrate that concern by examining recent research on genocide in Rwanda. |
| `In' analytical Note | Civil Wars Vol. 20, 4, Oct-2018; p 529-554 |
| Journal Source | Civil Wars Vol: 20 No 4 |
| Key Words | Media ; Political Violence ; Availability ; Genocide in Rwanda |