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#journodefender: Turning Trolling Against Journalists on its Head

Marika Griehsel, Christer L. Pettersson et al.

Kalmar: Fojo Media Institute (2019), 83 pp.

"This report describes and analyses how online propaganda against journalists across the world - through hate, harassment, threats and fabricated news – undermines independent reporting, sows doubt among the public and makes journalists, in particular female journalists, open for online attacks an ... more

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Estudios interdiciplinarios: Paz y comunicación

Raquel Cabral, Alex Iván Arévalo Salinas, Griselda Vilar Sastre, Tamer Al Najjar Trujillo (eds.)

Universidade Estadual Paulista “Julio de Mesquita Filho” (UNESP);Instituto Interuniversitario de Desarrollo Social y Paz (IUDESP);Red de Investigación en Comunicación Comunitaria, Alternativa y Participativa (RICCAP);Cátedra UNESCO de Filosofía para la Paz;Observatorio de Medios para el cambio social (COMCAMBIO) (2019), 557 pp.

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Apprehending the “telegenic Dead”: Considering Images of Dead Children in Global Politics

Helen Berents

International Political Sociology, volume 13, issue 2 (2019), pp. 145-160

"Images of suffering children have long been used to illustrate the violence and horror of conflict. In recent years, it is images of dead children that have garnered attention from media audiences around the world. In response to the deaths of four children killed by the Israeli army while playing ... more

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Reporting on the Evacuation of Kefraya and Fu’aa: Constructive Journalism Frames in the Coverage of Emerging Syrian Media

Amira Galal, Evaline Schot, Natasha Milton (eds.)

Free Press Unlimited (2019), 15 pp.

"This study presents a snapshot of the framing used in reporting on Syria. To ensure a diverse representation, the sample includes a selection of domestic (Syrian) and pan-Arab media organisations, whose alleged preferences towards the dominant parties in the Syrian conflict are mixed. The findings ... more

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Volkes Stimme? Zur Sprache des Rechtspopulismus

Thomas Niehr, Jana Reissen-Kosch

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), Sonderausg. (2019), 175 pp.

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Safety culture changing visual representations of wars? The case of Afghanistan

Saumava Mitra

Conflict & Communication Online, volume 18, issue 1 (2019), 13 pp.

"In international conflict correspondence safety mechanisms are unequally employed to protect local news-staffs in contrast to international staffs. Arguably, this has had the greatest impact on image production from war zones, exposing local photojournalists to increased dangers. But it also raises ... more

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Rethinking Testimonial Cinema in Postdictatorship Argentina: Beyond Memory Fatigue

Verónica Garibotto

Bloomington: Indiana University Press (2019), 272 pp.

"By critically examining how trauma theory and subaltern studies have previously been applied to testimonial cinema, Garibotto rereads Argentinian films produced since 1983 and calls for an alternate interpretive framework at the intersection of semiotics, theories of affect, scholarship on hegemony ... more

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Journalists' Safety and Multifaceted Censorship in Colombia: An Exploratory Study

Yennué Zárate Valderrama, Adamkolo Mohammed Ibrahim

International Affairs and Global Strategy, volume 78 (2019), pp. 33-46

"Safety of journalists has been studied as part of freedom of expression. However, there is scarce qualitative research on Colombian regional journalists’ safety. This chapter seeks to address issues surrounding journalists’ safety and censorship in Colombia shedding light on triple menace: the ... more

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The Media World of ISIS

Michael Krona, Rosemary Pennington (eds.)

Bloomington: Indiana University Press (2019), viii, 277 pp.

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Polarisation and Peacebuilding Strategy on Digital Media Platforms: Current Strategies and their Discontents

Lydia Laurenson

Tokyo: Toda Peace Institute (2019), 17 pp.

This is the second of two policy briefs on polarisation. The first policy brief, “Polarisation and Peacebuilding Strategy on Digital Media Platforms: The Current Research,” reviewed the research, and concluded by recommending directions for future research. This brief describes interventions: (a ... more

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Social Media Dynamics in Boko Haram’s Terrorist Insurgence

Medinat Abdulazeez Malefakis

Tokyo: Toda Peace Institute (2019), 15 pp.

"This policy brief analyses the use of social media by different groups affected by Boko Haram’s terrorist insurgence, including the group itself. The rate, speed, spread and belief which information from social media commands has changed theatres of war and amplified terrorist threats. The Nigeri ... more

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What is the Relationship Between Hate Radio and Violence? Rethinking Rwanda's "Radio Machete"

Scott Straus

In: Media and Mass Atrocity: The Rwanda Genocide and Beyond

Allan Thompson (ed.)

Waterloo, Ontario: Centre for International Governance Innovation (2019), pp. 97-130

"The evidence amounts to a persuasive refutation of the commonly held beliefs that radio had widespread, direct effects and that hate radio was the primary driver of the genocide and participation in it. That said, the evidence suggests radio had some marginal and conditional effects. RTLM broadcast ... more

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An Investigation of the Conceptualization of Peace and War in Peace Journalism Studies of Media Coverage of National and International Conflicts

Valerie Gouse, Mariely Valentin-Llopis, Beryl Nyamwang

Media, War & Conflict, volume 12, issue 4 (2019), pp. 435-449

"According to Galtung’s articles ‘On the role of the media in worldwide security and peace’ (1986) and ‘High road, low road: Charting the course for peace journalism’ (1998), war journalism and peace journalism are two competing frames when reporting news on war and conflict. War journalis ... more

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Conflict-Sensitive Journalism: A Practical Handbook for Journalists in Southern Africa

Admire Mare (ed.)

Windhoek: Namibia University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Communication;Social Science Research Council;African Peacebuilding Network (APN) (2019), 96 pp.

"The collection of essays in this volume seek among other things to draw attention to the virtues of conflict-sensitive journalism as a way of transforming the negative effects of ‘war’ journalism. Contributors to the handbook include journalists drawn from the following countries: eSwatini, Les ... more

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Comunicar sin riesgo: Radios comunitarias en tiempos de paz. Manual de autoprotección

Bogotá: Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa (FLIP) (2019), 69 pp.

"En respuesta al riesgo que enfrentan tanto las emisoras comunitarias como otros medios de comunicación en todas las regiones del país, Colombia cuenta con un programa de protección a periodistas desde el año 2000. Luego de 19años, puede afirmarse que esta iniciativa ha contribuido considerable ... more

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Documenting atrocities around the world: Why engage with the perpetrators?

Fernando Canet

International Journal of Cultural Studies, volume 22, issue 6 (2019), pp. 804-822

"Following a century filled with violations of human rights, a significant number of documentary films have appeared since the first decade of the current century that report these events. Traditionally this process is carried out from the victims’ point of view. However, a new tendency has emerge ... more

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Cameras and Stories to Disarm Wars: Performative Communication in Alternative Media

Camilo Pérez Quintero, Christian E. Ramírez Hincapié, Clemencia Rodríguez

In: The Routledge Companion to Alternative and Community Media

Chris Atton (ed.)

London; New York: Routledge, paperback ed. (2019), pp. 123-133

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Socio-Psychological Effects on Media Professional Standards during Military Operations in Pakistan

Rooh ul Amin Khan, Zahid Yousaf

Global Social Sciences Review, volume 4, issue 2 (2019), pp. 269-275

"While using qualitative and quantitative techniques, this study analyzes the issues and challenges faced by the journalists while working in the areas going under military operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and FATA. Based on the hierarchy of influences model, a survey was conducted in Wazirista ... more

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A Typology of the Islamic State's Social Media Distribution Network

Yannick Veilleux-Lepage

In: Media and Mass Atrocity: The Rwanda Genocide and Beyond

Allan Thompson (ed.)

Waterloo, Ontario: Centre for International Governance Innovation (2019), pp. 453-482

"The Islamic State's media strategy allows for a message that has been crafted by a handful of IS propaganda agents to be disseminated by a few primary distributors, who in turn can reach thousands of unaffiliated sympathizers, and therefore millions of Twitter users. By means of a conclusion, this ... more

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Media Toolkit for Practitioners to Better Implement the "Journalists' Pact for Strengthening Civil Peace in Lebanon"

Beirut: UNDP Lebanon;Thomson Reuters Foundation (2019), 66 pp.

"Toolkit Objectives: 1. Help journalists find practical applications for the “Journalists’ Pact for Strengthening Civil Peace in Lebanon.” 2. Practice reporting on issues in a way that overcomes divisions, provides solutions and develops stronger bonds between all members of the community. 3. ... more