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Psychophysiological Audience Responses to War Journalism and Peace Journalism

Jake Lynch, Annabel Mc Goldrick, James Heathers

Global Media and Communication, volume 11, issue 3 (2015), pp. 201-217

"This article presents and discusses the results of an experiment in which television viewers were exposed to either a war journalism (WJ) or a peace journalism (PJ) version of two news stories, on Australian government policies towards asylum seekers and US-sponsored ‘peace talks’ between Israe ... more

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After the Arab Uprisings: The Prospects for a Media That Serves the Public

Alexandra Buccianti, Sarah El-Richani

London: BBC Media Action (2015), 37 pp.

"This briefing suggests that national broadcasters may have the potential to help to bridge social divides, if they can be reformed to serve the interests of the public rather than the state. In addition to their extensive infrastructure and reach, these institutions also have a cultural standing th ... more

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Media in South East Europe and their dealing with the past

Dobrina Trifonova

Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (2015), 2 pp.

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Focused Assessment of Media Development in Libya: Safety of Journalists and Professional Capacity Building. A Baseline Report Based on a Selection of UNESCO’s Media Development Indicators (categories 3 and 4)

Clara Tardy, Adrian Carriere

Altai Consulting;UNESCO (2015), 29 pp.

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Mediating Human Rights: Media, Culture and Human Rights Law

Lieve Gies

Oxon: Routledge (2015), xii, 180 pp.

"Drawing on social-legal, cultural and media theory, this book is one of the first to examine the media politics of human rights. It examines how the media construct the story of human rights, investigating what lies behind the apparent media hostility to human rights and what has become of the orig ... more

The Cyberspace War: Propaganda and Trolling as Warfare Tools

Jessika Aro

European View, volume 15, issue 1 (2015), pp. 121-132

"Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime has taken control of the traditional media in Russia: TV, radio and newspapers. As Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has stated, the Kremlin sees the mass media as a ‘weapon’. Now Russia’s leadership is trying to take control of social media to ... more

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The psychological effects of reporting extreme violence: A study of Kenyan journalists

Anthony Feinstein, Justus Wanga, John Owen

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine Open, volume 6, issue 9 (2015), pp. 1-6

"Objective: To assess the psychological health of journalists in Kenya who have reported on, and been exposed to, extreme violence. Design: Descriptive. Psychological responses were elicited to two stressors, the ethnic violence surrounding the disputed 2007 general election and the Al-Shabab attack ... more

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Media Propaganda and Human Rights Issues: What Can be Learnt from the Former Yugoslavia’s Experience in Relation to the Current Developments in the Arab Spring Countries?

Renaud de la Brosse, Nouri Lajmi, Annelie Ekelin

Journal of Arab & Muslim Media Research, volume 8, issue 1 (2015), pp. 21-36

"Recent history has proven that media propaganda can impact severely on human rights issues. This article aims at exploring what can be learnt from previous lessons in order to avoid the same mistakes happening again and/or to fight them more efficiently. It questions the experience of the former Yu ... more

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Communication and Peace: Mapping an Emerging Field
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Julia Hoffmann, Virgil Hawkins (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2015), xviii, 315 pp.

"This book analyses the use of communication in resolving conflicts, with a focus on de-escalation and processes of peacebuilding and peace formation. From the employment of hate radio in the Rwanda genocide, to the current conflict between Russia and the Ukraine following events in the Crimea, comm ... more

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L'autre version de la crise centrafricaine

Johnny Vianney Bissakonou

Paris: L'Harmattan (2015), 132 pp.

"La bipolarisation de la crise centrafricaine en conflit "chrétiens versus musulmans" détourne l'attention du monde sur les origines, la vraie nature et les auteurs instigateurs de ce drame. Cet ouvrage allume les projecteurs sur tous ceux qui ont joué une partition non négligeable dans ce mélo ... more

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Guía de periodismo para la transformación de conflictos y la prevención social de la violencia

Miguel Ángel Hernández Acosta

USAID (2015), 68 pp.

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Do Mass Media Interventions Effectively Promote Peace in Contexts of Ongoing Violence? Evidence from Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Rezarta Bilali, Johanna Ray Vollhardt

Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, volume 21, issue 4 (2015), 17 pp.

"We report on a field experiment and a focus group interview study that examine the impact of a media-based intervention (i.e., radio drama) aimed at promoting peaceful intergroup relations in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In Study 1, we used a priming paradigm to assess the causal ... more

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Strategic Narratives, Public Opinion and War: Winning Domestic Support for the Afghan War

Beatrice de Graaf, George Dimitriu, Jens Ringsmose (eds.)

Abingdon, Oxon; New York: Routledge (2015), xxvii, 380 pp.

"This volume explores the way governments endeavoured to build and maintain public support for the war in Afghanistan, combining new insights on the effects of strategic narratives with an exhaustive series of case studies. In contemporary wars, with public opinion impacting heavily on outcomes, str ... more

Ukraine: Reporting Conflict. A Practical Guide for Journalists

Thomson Foundation (2015), 18 pp.

"This short booklet aims to provide some pointers and practical advice on how to stay safe while getting closer to the heart of what is going on. It is not an exhaustive guide to reporting conflict but a short introduction to some of the challenges reporters face in a bitterly divided area. Expect t ... more

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Esferas públicas locales y conflictos sociales: Un estudio de caso peruano

Hildegard Willer

Lima: Instituto de Estudios Peruanos (IEP) (2015), 142 pp.

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Tendances mondiales en matières de liberté d'expression et de dévelppement des médias: Regards sur le numérique 2015
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Paris: UNESCO (2015), 210 pp.

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A Call for Effective Support to Syrian Independent Media as a Key Component in Mitigating and Resolving the Syrian Conflict

Brussels: Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD) (2015), 14 pp.

"Experience in conflicts, in former Yugoslavia, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Pakistan and Afghanistan over the past twenty years has shown that citizens with access to reliable, professional, and independent news and information must be a key element in any effort to support a sustainable resolution to conflict ... more

Boko Haram: Der Vormarsch des Terror-Kalifats

Mike Smith

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), Lizenzausg. (2015), 287 pp.

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Risk and journalism in the digital age

Adrian Hadland

African Journalism Studies, volume 36, issue 1 (2015), pp. 129-134

"The shocking beheading of several Western journalists during 2014, including the Americans Steven Sotloff and James Foley and the Briton David Haines, and the wide dissemination of their murder videos on the Internet, is a graphic, gruesome signal that something has changed in the relationship betw ... more