American Journal of International Law · 1997 · 104 citations · 14 references
Radio Frequency CommunicationsCommunicationMedia StudiesSocial SciencesJournalismDiplomacyPolitical CommunicationRadio MartíSoftware-defined RadioCrime Against HumanityGenocideInternational RelationsRadio JammingInternational CommunicationInternational LawGlobal MediaRadio Free EuropeRwandan PoliticsVatican RadioArts
The radio, first used transatlantically in 1901, has become a powerful and versatile communication tool. The radio has been employed to incite racial hatred in Nazi Germany, Bosnia, and Rwanda, to promote love and peace through Vatican Radio, to wage war and coordinate relief, and has been perceived as both a liberating force and an instrument of imperialism by international broadcasters.
Since its first transatlantic use in 1901, the radio has proven a remarkably powerful and versatile tool. It was used to incite racial hatred in Nazi Germany, Bosnia and Rwanda. Through Vatican Radio and other outlets, it has been harnessed to inspire love and peace. It has been used as an implement both to wage war and to coordinate relief activities in the aftermath of disaster. International broadcast stations like Radio Free Europe and Radio Martí have been viewed by some as a force of liberation, and by others as a tool of imperialism and hegemony.
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Fritz Stern, Telford Taylor · Foreign Affairs · 1993 · 149 citations