Do Court Rulings Matter
International courts and journalists' framing of the Srebrenica genocide
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12909696 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mirza Velagic (0000-0003-1404-3688, North-West State Technical University, corresponding author), Zlatka Velagic (Russian State Agrarian Correspondence University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 421-437 |
| Publication date | 2013-10-10 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journalism Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1751-2786 • E-ISSN: 1751-2794 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17512786.2013.841370 |
| OpenAlex | W1534866147 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 48 |
The Srebrenica genocide is the worst atrocity to have taken place in Europe since the Holocaust. This article seeks to ascertain how journalists framed the mass atrocities committed in Srebrenica in July 1995 and to determine what effect genocide rulings by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in 2001 and the International Court of Justice in 2007 have had on journalists' framing of these atrocities. Using quantitative content analysis of news stories from 10 leading US news organizations published between 11 July 1995 and 15 November 2011, this study reveals that journalists primarily framed mass atrocities in Srebrenica as an instance of ethnic cleansing and a massacre of Bosniak men and boys. Genocide rulings by international courts have not led to the genocide frame becoming the dominant frame used by journalists and, overall, journalists did not use the same language and labels to describe the mass atrocities as international courts. The findings suggest that journalists were reluctant to label the mass atrocities committed in Srebrenica as genocide even after international courts had labelled them as such which could influence the public's understanding and collective memory of the events that took place
Criminology · Ethnic Cleansing · Framing (construction · Genocide · International court · International law · Political science · Public international law · Sociology · The Holocaust · Tribunal · Balkans: History, Politics, Society · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · History · International Law and Human Rights · Law
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |