Project MUSE - Turning Up The Volume: The Amplification of Shame
ABSTRACT: One important strategy human rights organizations (HROs) employ to draw attention to human rights abuses is "naming and shaming." By calling attention to government human rights violations, HROs hope to galvanize world public opinion and increase pressure on repressive regimes to halt abuses. While some HROs, like Amnesty International, communicate directly with their large membership bases, the vast majority of HROs rely on the media to transmit their message to the international community. Issuing reports and press releases are a major part of their efforts to make the internation...
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