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Title Noticing Conflict: The Importance of Attention in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Full text http://hdl.handle.net/1887/80070
Date 2019
Author(s) Hanson, Tom
Contributor(s) Duyvesteyn, Isabelle
Abstract Conflicts do not naturally attract the interest of policy makers nor do they naturally garner international recognition and attention. It is therefore essential to understand, if conflicts are ignored, how inattention manifests itself in inaction, what are the consequences of inattention and why does inattention exist. This thesis will seek to answer these questions within the primary confines of the conflict(s) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It will be argued that attention is a commodity predominantly distributed by policymakers and media organisations who may choose to pay attention or not. The consequences of inattention, such as increased levels of severity and violence, can therefore be attributed to those purposefully ignoring conflict.
Subject(s) DRC; Attention; Conflict; Media; Policymaker
Language en
Type of publication Master thesis
Repository Leiden - University of Leiden
Added to C-A: 2019-11-06;09:46:14