Covering War and Human Rights

Dr. Susan Moeller opened her lecture by stating that “We are now living in an era of images”.

Dr. Susan Moeller walked through Haiti 2010 earthquake, the Malaysian 2014 airplane bombing, and the Gaza 2014 invasion as case studies to illustrate the power of images when covering wars, conflict, and human rights during MDLAB 2014.

*Note: the lecture contains graphic images.

Dr. Susan Moeller, the director of the International Center for Media and the Public Agenda (ICMPA) at the University of Maryland and a professor of Media and International Affairs at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism.

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