Public awareness of human rights: distortions in the mass media

Heinze, Eric; Freedman, Rosa

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“…2 2 The literature on inequities in global human rights attention includes Bob (2005); Carpenter (2007a,b); Fan and Ostini (1999); Heinze and Rosa (2010); Ovsiovitch (1993); Ramos, Ron, and Thoms (2007); and Ron, Ramos, and Rodgers (2005). Academics have made similar claims about domestic social problems (Hilgartner and Bosk 1988) and US public policy (Kingdon 2002).…”

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The Latin Bias: Regions, the Anglo-American Media, and Human Rights¹

Hafner-Burton

Ron

2012

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Hafner‐Burton, Emilie and James Ron. (2012) The Latin Bias: Regions, the Anglo‐American Media, and Human Rights. International Studies Quarterly, doi:  © 2012 International Studies Association Media attention is unevenly allocated across global human rights problems, prompting anger, frustration, and recrimination in the international system. This article demonstrates that from 1981 to 2000, three leading Anglo‐American media sources disproportionately covered Latin American abuses, in human rights terms, as compared to other world regions. This “Latin Human Rights Bias” runs counter to broader trends within the Anglo‐American general coverage of foreign news, where Latin America’s share of reporting is far smaller. The Bias is partially explained by the region’s proximity to the United States (US), its relevance to US policy debates, and by path dependency. A significant portion of the Latin Bias remains unexplained, however, despite our best attempts to rigorously model explanations offered by leading Western journalists. These findings suggest that geographic regions are an important factor in the media’s perception of global human rights problems and that both human rights policymakers and scholars may be inappropriately drawing general lessons from regionally specific and biased patterns. We conclude with suggestions for future research.

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2012

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“…102 At times, the media has featured items which depict the HRA as an enabler of positive change; for example, by forcing schools to take bullying much more seriously. 103 Furthermore, the media will often champion human rights in international politics, 104 making much of perceived human rights abuses in foreign regimes. Media discourse is also not just about the 'undeserving' abusing human rights legislation.…”

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Developing public support for human rights in the United Kingdom: reasserting the importance of socio-economic rights

Bell

Cemlyn

2014

The International Journal of Human Rights

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Public support for human rights in the UK remains limited, partly as a result of misleading media coverage, as well as political hostility. The UK Human Rights Act, in particular, has been under sustained attack and is now threatened by the Conservative Party's drive to repeal it. We analyse recent quantitative and qualitative data on public attitudes in order to learn how to increase public support for human rights practice and principles. The conclusion we reach is that, in order to increase support for human rights in the UK, a central objective should be to shift the focus of human rights discourse so that it better reflects the every-day concerns of the UK public. We consider that this would best be achieved through emphasising socioeconomic rights. This could be an especially relevant strategy in the current austerity context which presents both opportunities and threats with regard to mobilising support for human rights.

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“…Awareness concerns the ways in which individuals remain sensitive to changes within the immediate environment and it directs individual attention to a complex body of socially organised practice and reasoning (Heath, 2002). Public awareness of human rights will be influenced by the frequency, intensity and style of media reporting (Heinze and Freedman, 2010). Legal awareness affects the behaviour of people with the rule of law (Actoty and Muratbaevna, 2015).…”

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Determinants for Awareness of basic Human Rights among University Students

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2023

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Constitution of a country is meant to protect the citizens' basic human rights such as freedom of speech, freedom of religion or it can be freedom of movement. The constitution provides fundamental liberties which are also known as basic rights of individuals. However, these basic rights are not absolute and subject to certain restrictions. This study aims to explore the relationships between the determinants ("familiarity" and "restrictions") against the dependent variable of "awareness". Findings showed that familiarity and restrictions of basic rights have significant effects on the awareness of fundamental liberties among students. This research is significant for policy-makers when drafting curriculums that inculcate education in human rights.

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Public awareness of human rights: distortions in the mass media

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The Latin Bias: Regions, the Anglo-American Media, and Human Rights¹

The Latin Bias: Regions, the Anglo-American Media, and Human Rights¹

Developing public support for human rights in the United Kingdom: reasserting the importance of socio-economic rights

Determinants for Awareness of basic Human Rights among University Students

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Developing public support for human rights in the United Kingdom: reasserting the importance of socio-economic rights

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