Convincing Rebel Fighters to Disarm : : UN Information Operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo / / Jacob Udo-Udo Jacob.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2017
• VerfasserIn: Udo-Udo Jacob, Jacob,
• Place / Publishing House: München ;, Wien : : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, , [2016]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (231 p.)

One of the key mission objectives of the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) was to disarm and repatriate foreign combatants in the eastern region of the country. To achieve this, MONUC adopted a „push and pull" strategy. This involved applying military pressure while at the same time offering opportunities for voluntary disarmament and repatriation for armed combatants of the elusive but deadly Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) – a predominantly Rwandan Hutu armed group in eastern DRC. As part of its "pull" strategy, MONUC embarked on one of the most sophisticated Information Operations (IO) campaigns in UN history with the core objective of convincing thousands of individual combatants and commanders of the FDLR to voluntarily disarm and join the UN’s Demobilization, Disarmament, Repatriation, Resettlement and Reintegration programme (DDRRR). This book is derived from studies of the narratives, coordination and effectiveness of the UN’s IO in support of DDRRR and how the UN has integrated IO as part of its Mission peace support operations. This book advances contemporary understanding of the relative importance of communication models and their interactions within conflict settings. It provides instruments with which conflict and communication analysts can compare predictions and rationalize Information impacts for future conflicts. About the author Dr. Jacob Udo-Udo Jacob teaches Communications & Media Studies at the American University of Nigeria. He earned his PhD in Communication Studies from the University of Leeds, United Kingdom

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface -- 1. From Peace Propaganda to Information Intervention -- 2. A Foucauldian View of UN Information Intervention -- 3. The Liberal Institutionalist Foundations of Post–Cold War UN Information Operations -- 4. Between Propaganda and UN’s Public Information Operations -- 5. A Brief History of Ethnicity, Conflicts and Crisis of Citizenship in the DRC -- 6. From Authenticity to Governmentality: A Brief History of the Media in the DRC -- 7. Radio Okapi: The Making of a “Congolese Voice” -- 8. Information Operations: Contents and Metrics of Effectiveness -- 9. Local Meanings and Perceptions of UN Information Interventions Programmes -- 10. No Intention to Return to Rwanda -- 11. Impacts of Dialogue Entre Congolais -- 12. “Hutus are the ones that have kept us where we are today”: When Psyops Backfire -- 13. Revisiting Unfinished Debates on Information Intervention -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Bibliography