Download or read book Human Rights Journalism written by I. Shaw and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shaw argues that journalism should focus on deconstructing the underlying structural and cultural causes of political violence such as poverty, famine and human trafficking, and play a proactive (preventative), rather than reactive (prescriptive) role in humanitarian intervention.