- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- List of Contributors
- 1 On the Economics of Genocides, Other Mass Atrocities, and Their Prevention
- 2 “A Crime Without a Name”
- 3 Datasets and Trends of Genocides, Mass Killings, and Other Civilian Atrocities
- 4 The Demography of Genocide
- 5 The Macroeconomic Toll of Genocide and the Sources of Economic Development
- 6 Genocide and Mass Killing Risk and Prevention
- 7 Incentives and Constraints for Mass Killings
- 8 Genocide
- 9 The Microeconomic Causes and Consequences of Genocides and Mass Atrocities
- 10 Development and the Risk of Mass Atrocities
- 11 Who Stays and Who Leaves During Mass Atrocities?
- 12 Media Persuasion, Ethnic Hatred, and Mass Violence
- 13 “For Being Aboriginal”
- 14 Identity and Incentives
- 15 The Economics of Genocide in Rwanda
- 16 Peace and the Killing
- 17 Gender and the Genocidal Economy
- 18 On the Logistics of Violence
- 19 Strategic Atrocities
- 20 From <i>Pax Narcótica</i> to <i>Guerra Pública</i>
- 21 Long-Term Economic Development in the Presence of an Episode of Mass Killing
- 22 Economic Foundations of Religious Killings and Genocide with Special Reference to Pakistan, 1978–2012
- 23 Understanding Civil War Violence through Military Intelligence
- 24 Economic Risk Factors and Predictive Modeling of Genocides and Other Mass Atrocities
- 25 Business in Genocide
- 26 Valuing Lives You Might Save
- 27 Genocides and Other Mass Atrocities
- 28 Local and National Democracy in Political Reconstruction
- Name Index
- Subject Index
Media Persuasion, Ethnic Hatred, and Mass Violence
Media Persuasion, Ethnic Hatred, and Mass Violence
A Brief Overview of Recent Research Advances
- Chapter:
- (p.274) 12 Media Persuasion, Ethnic Hatred, and Mass Violence
- Source:
- Economic Aspects of Genocides, Other Mass Atrocities, and Their Preventions
- Author(s):
Maria Petrova
David Yanagizawa-Drott
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The study of modern-day mass killing is arguably incomplete without an account of whether and how mass persuasion plays a role. This chapter outlines the fundamental empirical challenges when studying media effects on conflict and discusses some recent methodological advances designed to overcome them. The evidence in this emerging literature indicates that mass media can be an effective tool for political elites to orchestrate mass violence. Both direct and indirect persuasion matter. The emerging evidence indicates that direct persuasion is stronger when propaganda targeting ethnic minorities is aligned with political predispositions of the ethnic majority, and indirect persuasion may occur from coordination of violence and from spillovers arising from social interactions.
Keywords: media persuasion, propaganda, genocide, conflict, mass killing
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- List of Contributors
- 1 On the Economics of Genocides, Other Mass Atrocities, and Their Prevention
- 2 “A Crime Without a Name”
- 3 Datasets and Trends of Genocides, Mass Killings, and Other Civilian Atrocities
- 4 The Demography of Genocide
- 5 The Macroeconomic Toll of Genocide and the Sources of Economic Development
- 6 Genocide and Mass Killing Risk and Prevention
- 7 Incentives and Constraints for Mass Killings
- 8 Genocide
- 9 The Microeconomic Causes and Consequences of Genocides and Mass Atrocities
- 10 Development and the Risk of Mass Atrocities
- 11 Who Stays and Who Leaves During Mass Atrocities?
- 12 Media Persuasion, Ethnic Hatred, and Mass Violence
- 13 “For Being Aboriginal”
- 14 Identity and Incentives
- 15 The Economics of Genocide in Rwanda
- 16 Peace and the Killing
- 17 Gender and the Genocidal Economy
- 18 On the Logistics of Violence
- 19 Strategic Atrocities
- 20 From <i>Pax Narcótica</i> to <i>Guerra Pública</i>
- 21 Long-Term Economic Development in the Presence of an Episode of Mass Killing
- 22 Economic Foundations of Religious Killings and Genocide with Special Reference to Pakistan, 1978–2012
- 23 Understanding Civil War Violence through Military Intelligence
- 24 Economic Risk Factors and Predictive Modeling of Genocides and Other Mass Atrocities
- 25 Business in Genocide
- 26 Valuing Lives You Might Save
- 27 Genocides and Other Mass Atrocities
- 28 Local and National Democracy in Political Reconstruction
- Name Index
- Subject Index
