Abstract
Research into Western media coverage of the Third World tends to focus on its emphasis on `negative' events, especially natural disasters. Much attention is paid to the volume rather than the manner of the coverage. This article argues for a better understanding of media coverage based on the use of risk communication analysis, e.g. natural disasters should be conceived as forms of conflict rather than merely negative news. Taking the Sudan floods of 1988 as a case-study, this article explores how the disaster was reported by two newspapers representing two different political, socio-cultural and journalistic milieux: The Times of London, and Al-Ahram of Egypt.
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