Portrayal of the Cambodian Genocide in National and International Media Narratives
This presentation talks about the differences between the ways in which the Cambodian genocide of 1975 to 1979 has been portrayed by the national and international media– depending on the available sources and the viewpoint of the person narrating and disseminating the story. It explains that the national Cambodian media tends to portray the genocide through the personal experiences of the Cambodian survivors who lived under the Communist Khmer Rouge regime. In comparison, most of the international media coverage analyzes and interprets the Cambodian genocide from a (geo)political perspective as a failure of the Cambodian Communist rulership. It also portrays the Cambodian genocide through the lens of human rights abuse due to the terrifying event that the Khmer Rouge regime imposed on the Cambodian people such as starvation, forced labour, and executions.
Faculty Mentor: Firat Oruc
