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Video: Prof's film explores CNN effect in global aid response to 2004 tsunami

Video: Prof's film explores CNN effect in global aid response to 2004 tsunami

Due to what is sometimes called the CNN effect – the rapid transmission of images and news – the media can have a huge impact on global aid response to a disaster. The most dramatic images of suffering attract the most funds and push other, more protracted emergencies, off the radar. The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami […]