RT Article
T1 Like dust before the wind, or, the winds of change?: The influence of international criminal tribunals on narratives and media frames
JF International journal of transitional justice
VO 13
IS 2
SP 368
OP 386
A1 Bachmann, Klaus 1963-
A1 Kemp, Gerhard 1973-
A1 Ristić, Irena 1975-
A1 Mihajlović Trbovc, Jovana 1982-
A1 Ljubojević, Ana
A1 Nędzi-Marek, Aleksandra
A1 Bayisenge, Fortunee
A1 Ahmet, Mohammed Ali Mohammed
A1 Krasniqi, Vjollca
A2 Kemp, Gerhard 1973-
A2 Ristić, Irena 1975-
A2 Mihajlović Trbovc, Jovana 1982-
A2 Ljubojević, Ana
A2 Nędzi-Marek, Aleksandra
A2 Bayisenge, Fortunee
A2 Ahmet, Mohammed Ali Mohammed
A2 Krasniqi, Vjollca
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1844203549
AB When created, international criminal tribunals (ICTs) were not only expected to do justice but also to provide stabilization to postconflict regions, contribute to reconciliation and curb the potential denial of atrocities. Based on media content analysis, this article examines whether controversial ICT decisions triggered changes in narratives or frames about the conflicts which formed the background of the respective ICT decisions. There is no evidence for dramatic changes in the preexisting narratives about these conflicts, but we found some cases in which tribunal decisions caused changes in media frames and in elements of such frames, mostly by emphasizing outgroup victimhood and individual responsibility of ingroup perpetrators, as well as triggering effects of collective guilt externalization. Although frame changes were often observed in both democratic and nondemocratic countries, only in democratic countries with pluralist and competitive media systems could they be attributed to tribunal decisions.
K1 International criminal tribunals
K1 Media
K1 Frames
K1 Narratives
K1 Reconciliation
DO 10.1093/ijtj/ijz005