1. Un-covering Darfur: world media framing of civil war and genocide Bella Mody School of Journalism and Mass Communication CU-Boulder

2. How are nationally-owned media covering a foreign crisis in Darfur Sudan? How do regional/national interests of the country/region in which the medium is based manifest themselves in the coverage? How do ownership and financing influence coverage?

3. Darfur, Sudan -Africa’s largest country, Sudan’s largest state -Arab military dictatorship since 1989 -Plentiful oil resources committed to China, Russia, France: sought by US -Strategic control of Nile waters -Environmental changes forcing changes in occupation -Home to Osama bin Laden prior to his Afghanistan move: being cultivated by US for terrorism protection

4. Civil war, genocide -Former colonies like Sudan face civil war in different parts: South, West (Darfur) and now in the East -JEM and SLA rebels launch attack against Khartoum government in Feb 2003 to redress eco neglect of Western Sudan (Darfur) -Supported by Darfur civilians: government retaliation destroys them: 300,000 estimated dead, 2 mill displaced

5. How are the world’s media covering the first genocide of the 21 st century? -Study looks at 11 news sources in 7 countries -State-owned: BBC.net, Al Jazeera.net, People’s Daily, China Daily, Al Ahram English and Arabic -Private ownership: Mail and Guardian South Africa, Guardian UK, Le Monde France, NYTimes, Washington Post -High regional-national interest: Al Jazeera, Al Ahram Arabic, China Daily

6. Multi-method research: -Quantitative analysis -Qualitative textual analysis -Contextual analysis: forces that mediate foreign news coverage such as regional- national interests and ownership-financing of news medium