Convincing Rebel Fighters to Disarm: UN Information Operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Berlin: De Gruyter Oldenbourg (2017), xvi, 231 pp.
Contains acronyms pp. xi-xiv, bibliogr. pp. 210-231
ISBN 978-3-11-061259-2 (pbk); 978-3-11-047189-2 (pdf)
Reviewed in: Zeitschrift für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik, vol. 10:3 (2017), pp. 417-419
Signature commbox: 115:10-Conflicts 2018
"Nigerian researcher Jacob Udo-Udo Jacob compares the impact on people in the Kivu provinces of eastern DR Congo of United Nations Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO) communication programmes encouraging militia to return to the country and Radio Okapi’s informative debate programme 'Dialogue between Congolese' at a time, between 2008 and 2010, when Fondation Hirondelle was co-managing that radio station with the UN. He concluded that the UN communication programmes provoked emotional reactions that were not very favourable, while 'Dialogue between Congolese' gave its listeners a better understanding of the political situation and a sense of collective responsibility to resolve the conflict." (Sacha Meuter, Legal adviser and research coordinator at Fondation Hirondelle, in News from Fondation Hirondelle, Nr.54, Winter 2017-2018, page 2)
1 From Peace Propaganda to Information Intervention, 1
2 A Foucauldian View of UN Information Intervention, 11
3 The Liberal Institutionalist Foundations of Post-Cold War UN, 15
4 Between Propaganda and UN's Public Information Operations, 22
5 A Brief History of Ethnicity, Conflicts and Crisis of Citizenship in the DRC, 25
6 From Authenticity to Governmentality: A Brief History of the Media in the DRC, 35
7 Radio Okapi: The Making of a "Congolese Voice", 67
8 Information Operations: Contents and Metrics of Effectiveness, 74
9 Local Meanings and Perceptions of UN Information Interventions Programmes, 116
10 No Intention to Return to Rwanda, 160
11 Impacts of Dialogue Entre Congolais, 176
12 "Hutus are the ones that have kept us where we are today": When Psyops Backfire, 189
13 Revisiting Unfinished Debates on Information Intervention, 194
2 A Foucauldian View of UN Information Intervention, 11
3 The Liberal Institutionalist Foundations of Post-Cold War UN, 15
4 Between Propaganda and UN's Public Information Operations, 22
5 A Brief History of Ethnicity, Conflicts and Crisis of Citizenship in the DRC, 25
6 From Authenticity to Governmentality: A Brief History of the Media in the DRC, 35
7 Radio Okapi: The Making of a "Congolese Voice", 67
8 Information Operations: Contents and Metrics of Effectiveness, 74
9 Local Meanings and Perceptions of UN Information Interventions Programmes, 116
10 No Intention to Return to Rwanda, 160
11 Impacts of Dialogue Entre Congolais, 176
12 "Hutus are the ones that have kept us where we are today": When Psyops Backfire, 189
13 Revisiting Unfinished Debates on Information Intervention, 194
