How to Sell a Genocide by Adam H. Johnson
How to Sell a Genocide by Adam H. Johnson examines the relationship between mass violence, political messaging, media coverage, and public perception. Through critical analysis of media narratives and political communication, the book explores how language, framing, and selective reporting can shape the way audiences understand devastating conflicts and humanitarian crises.
About This Book
In How to Sell a Genocide, Adam H. Johnson examines the ways media narratives can influence public understanding of war, violence, and political events. The book focuses on the role of journalism, political messaging, and institutional narratives in determining which stories receive attention and how those stories are presented.
Johnson challenges readers to think critically about the information they encounter through news organizations, political institutions, television, digital media, and other influential communication channels. The book explores how terminology, framing, omissions, emphasis, and repetition can influence public opinion.
Rather than treating media coverage as purely neutral, the book encourages readers to examine the broader political and institutional forces that can shape narratives surrounding conflict and humanitarian suffering.
The subject makes this book particularly relevant for readers interested in media criticism, propaganda, political communication, journalism, international affairs, and critical thinking.
Key Topics Covered
- Media criticism
- Political communication
- Propaganda and messaging
- News framing
- Journalism and conflict
- Public opinion
- Political narratives
- Humanitarian crises
- International affairs
- Critical media literacy
- Information and power
Why Read This Book?
How to Sell a Genocide encourages readers to look beyond headlines and examine how information is selected, framed, communicated, and interpreted. It can help readers develop a more critical approach to political reporting and media narratives surrounding major conflicts.
The book is especially relevant for anyone interested in understanding how media institutions and political communication influence public perception.
Who Should Read This?
This book is suitable for students, journalists, researchers, political science readers, media studies students, history enthusiasts, international relations readers, and anyone interested in propaganda, journalism, political communication, and media criticism.
Product Details
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Title: How to Sell a Genocide
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Author: Adam H. Johnson
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Language: English
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Genre: Social Science / Politics / Media Studies
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Subject: Media Criticism / Political Communication / Propaganda
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Format: [Edition dependent]
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Publisher: [Edition dependent]
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ISBN: [Edition dependent]
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