TY - BOOK ID - 78129484 TI - The independence of South Sudan AU - Soderlund, Walter C AU - Briggs, E Donald PY - 2014 SN - 1771120843 1771120835 9781771121170 1771121173 9781771120845 9781771120838 PB - Waterloo, Ontario DB - UniCat KW - Mass media KW - Humanitarian intervention. KW - Intervention (International law) KW - Mass communication KW - Media, Mass KW - Media, The KW - Communication KW - Social aspects KW - Moral and ethical aspects KW - South Sudan KW - Republic of South Sudan KW - Southern Sudan KW - Suid-Soedan KW - Republiek van Suid-Soedan KW - Südsudan KW - جنوب السودان KW - Janūb al-Sudān KW - Sudán d'o Sud KW - Sudán del Sur KW - República de Sudán del Sur KW - Югалъулаб Судан KW - I︠U︡galʺulab Sudan KW - Cänubi Sudan KW - Lâm Sudan KW - Lâm Sudan Kiōng-hô-kok KW - Паўднёвы Судан KW - Paŭdni︠o︡vy Sudan KW - Рэспубліка Паўднёвы Судан KW - Rėspublika Paŭdni︠o︡vy Sudan KW - Habagatan Sudan KW - Republika nin Habagatan Sudan KW - Južni Sudan KW - Republika Južni Sudan KW - Džanūb as-Sūdān KW - Soudan ar Su KW - Susoudan KW - Republik Soudan ar Su KW - Южен Судан KW - I︠U︡zhen Sudan KW - Република Южен Судан KW - Republika I︠U︡zhen Sudan KW - Sudan del Sud KW - República del Sudan del Sud KW - Кăнтăр Судан KW - Kăntăr Sudan KW - Jižní Súdán KW - Republika Jižní Súdán KW - De Sudan KW - Sydsudan KW - Republikken Sydsudan KW - Republik Südsudan KW - Shádiʼááhjí Soodą́ą KW - Lõuna-Sudaan KW - Lõuna-Sudaani Vabariik KW - Νότιο Σουδάν KW - Notio Soudan KW - Δημοκρατία του Νότιου Σουδάν KW - Dēmokratia tou Notiou Soudan KW - Sud-Sudano KW - Suda Sudano KW - Sudán del Sul KW - Hego Sudan KW - Hego Sudango Errepublika KW - Suðursudan KW - Lýðveldið Suðursudan KW - Soudan du Sud KW - République du Soudan du Sud KW - Sud-Soudan KW - Súd-Sûdan KW - Súdáin Theas KW - Poblacht na Súdáine Theas KW - Toodaan Yiass KW - Pobblaght ny Soodaan Jiass KW - Sudan-a-Deas KW - Sudán do Sur KW - República de Sudán do Sur KW - Sudan Selatan KW - Republik Sudan Selatan KW - Suður-Súdan KW - Lýðveldið Suður-Súdan KW - Sudan Meridionale KW - דרום סודאן KW - Derom Sudan KW - Darom Sudan KW - Etelä-Sudan KW - Southern Sudan (Sudan) KW - History KW - Autonomy and independence movements KW - Press coverage UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78129484 AB - The Responsibility to Protect, the report of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty (ICISS), focused on three international responsibilities in the area of human security: the responsibility to prevent, the responsibility to react, and the responsibility to rebuild. The report acknowledged the difficulty of identifying countries likely to experience widespread civil violence and then predicting when this would occur. But the authors of this book submit that if ever a case of a “responsibly to prevent” was possible to anticipate, South Sudan was it. A Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) ended the Sudanese second civil war in 2005 with a call for a referendum to be held in South Sudan in 2011 to determine the region’s future, In the event, an overwhelming majority voted for independence for the region. The question that motivated this book is whether the CPA would set in motion a process resulting in yet another brutal conflict, and, if that conflict was widely predicted, what should be the response of the international community in terms of “responsibility to prevent”? Mass media coverage has been identified as an important factor in mobilizing the international community into action in crisis and potential crisis situations; however, the impact of media reporting on actual decision-making is unclear. Thirty-plus years of research has demonstrated consistent agenda-setting effects, while a more recent stream of research has confirmed significant framing effects, the latter most likely to occur in cases where advocacy framing is used. This book examines the way in which the press in Canada and the United States interpreted the potential for violence that accompanied South Sudan’s independence in 2011, and whether or not their governments had a responsibility to prevent. ER -