Social media can draw attention to atrocities – a key factor in reducing risk of recurrence

By Arnaud Kurze, Associate Professor of Justice Studies, Montclair State University
Eric Wiebelhaus-Brahm, Professor of Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention, Binghamton University, State University of New York

Social media is often blamed for stoking violence. But it can play a positive role by drawing attention to atrocities – both past and present – which research suggests can make them less likely to occur.

That’s what we found when we compared the role of social media in…

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