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The CNN Effect and State Violence Against Muslim Ethnic Minorities
Get PDFThe emergence of new technology and mass social media has become a dominant tool for the propaganda machine which cycles baseless fringe opinions through unfettered and relentless iterations providing a false legitimacy to an alternative set of baseless facts that ultimately drives official policies. Specifically, the media is important as it molds public perception and brings global attention to international crises. International crises, such as ethnic cleansings or genocides, are widespread throughout the globe. Throughout history, genocides have been possible by the production of false narratives against specific religious or ethnic minorities. These narratives were promoted and reiterated by national leaders within a nation through the dissemination of information to control public opinion on these circumstances. In this perspective, the media and transmission of information effectuate the oppression of marginalized populations.
Alternatively, the relationship between the media, public perception, and actions from leaders can affect humanitarian crises positively by focusing global public opinion and building consensus on major social injustices and human rights violations and ultimately implementing new policies. The positive and negative changes on account of the relationship between the media, public perception, and leaders impact the social, cultural, economic, and political environment for the international communities\u27 aid and abetting in these human rights violations. Thus, it is evident how the narrative dispersed by the media and leaders impacts the lives and culture of ethnic minorities.
This thesis project consists of three executive parts. The first part describes a model called the CNN effect. This section focuses on the cyclical relationship of the three fundamental participants of this model: mass media, public opinion, and international leaders. This relationship is crucial in the context of human rights as it creates favorable and unfavorable conditions for human rights against ethnic minority populations. The second part is a case study. This case study looks at the nation of Myanmar, specifically the Rohingya Muslim population. This section argues that mass media usage by the Myanmar government was responsible for the Rohingya genocide through its circulation of false information against this population. I argue that this is a direct example of the unfavorable conditions of the CNN effect. The third part is a case study. This section focuses on the Uyghur Muslim population of the Xinjiang province of the People\u27s Republic of China. I argue that the production of the Islamophobic narrative by the Chinese government as circulated via the media and extreme censorship by the government has led to the genocide of this population. This thesis demonstrates the results of the CNN effect as it generates and publicizes human rights violations. With a specific emphasis, on the genocide and ethnic cleansing of Muslim populations. The relationship between the media, public perception and governmental actions is increasingly important due to technological advances that influence society, culturally, economically, and politically
The Trail, 2021-05-01
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Plant–plant interactions change during succession on nurse logs in a northern temperate rainforest
Get PDFPlant–plant interactions change through succession from facilitative to competitive. At early stages of succession, early-colonizing plants can increase the survival and reproductive output of other plants by ameliorating disturbance and stressful conditions. At later stages of succession, plant interactions are more competitive as plants put more energy toward growth and reproduction. In northern temperate rainforests, gap dynamics result in tree falls that facilitate tree regeneration (nurse logs) and bryophyte succession. How bryophyte-tree seedling interactions vary through log succession remains unclear. We examined the relationships of tree seedlings, bryophyte community composition, bryophyte depth, and percent canopy cover in 166 1.0 m2 plots on nurse logs and the forest floor in the Hoh rainforest in Washington, USA, to test the hypothesis that bryophyte-tree seedling interactions change from facilitative to competitive as the log decays. Tree seedling density was highest on young logs with early-colonizing bryophyte species (e.g., Rhizomnium glabrescens) and lowest on decayed logs with Hylocomium splendens, a long-lived moss that reaches depths \u3e20 cm. As a result, bryophyte depth increased with nurse log decay and was negatively associated with tree seedling density. Tree seedling density was 4.6× higher on nurse logs than on the forest floor, which was likely due to competitive exclusion by forest floor plants, such as H. splendens. Nurse logs had 17 species of bryophytes while the forest floor had six, indicating that nurse logs contribute to maintaining bryophyte diversity. Nurse logs enable both tree seedlings and smaller bryophyte species to avoid competition with forest floor plants, including the dominant bryophyte, H. splendens. H. splendens is likely a widespread driver of plant community structure given its dominance in northern temperate forests. Our findings indicate that plant–plant interactions shift with succession on nurse logs from facilitative to competitive and, thus, influence forest community structure and dynamics
To Hell and Back: portrayal of PTSD in Supernatural and its potential for use in television-based therapeutic practice
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Associated Students of the University of Puget Sound (ASUPS) Senate Minutes 2021-2022
Get PDFMeeting minutes of the Associated Students of the University of Puget Sound from 09/2021 - 04/2022. Topics include budgets, ASUPS clubs, ASUPS committees, ASUPS elections
