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Spotlight on Mladic: Villain or Celebrity? The Arrest and Trial of Ratko Mladic in the Balkan Media

Sarajevo: Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN);Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2012), 48 pp.

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The DDR Mutiny in Bangladeshi Media: From a ‘proletarian Revolution’ to a ‘brutal Massacre’

Kristin Skare Orgeret, Hilol Sobhan

Conflict & Communication Online, volume 11, issue 1 (2012), 16 pp.

"The article analyses the media coverage of the BDR mutiny in Bangladesh, February 2009. In examining journalistic processes and how the Bangladeshi media reported the violent conflict, the article looks at how the approaches of peace journalism can be used in actual conflict reporting. Through a co ... more

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Cyber-Hindutva: Hindu Nationalism, the Diaspora and the Web

Ingrid Therwath

Paris: Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (2012), 27 pp.

"Hindu nationalists defend the advent of a Hindu state in India, while projecting the universal appeal of their ideology. Their very territorialised yet universal claims have been finding particular resonance among migrant populations, particularly in North America. This study strives to go beyond c ... more

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War Journalism and the Israel/Palestine Zero-Index Shift Hypothesis

Sidin Ahmad Ishak, Yakubu Ozohu-Suleiman

Global Media Journal - Mediterranean Edition, volume 8, issue 1 (2012), pp. 21-30

"This article examines how war journalism has shaped knowledge production on media coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and how its discontent underscores the need for a shift to peace correspondence in the conflict. The article essentially relies on existing empirical literature on media c ... more

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UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity

Paris: UNESCO, International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) (2012), 8 pp.

"The Plan of Action aims to creating of a free and safe environment for journalists and media workers, both in conflict and non-conflict situations, with a view to strengthening peace, democracy and development worldwide. Its measures include, among other undertakings, the establishment of a coordin ... more

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Media and Transitional Justice: Toward a Systematic Approach

Monroe E. Price, Nicole Stremlau

International Journal of Communication, volume 6 (2012), pp. 1077-1099

"This article addresses a major gap in the transitional justice literature by exploring the role of the media in transitional justice processes. We offer a framework for analyzing the information environment in which media intervention and transitional justice occurs. We suggest an approach that can ... more

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Conflict Sensitive Reporting: A Toolbox for Journalists

Peter du Toit

Grahamstown: Rhodes University, Sol Plaatje Institute for Media Leadership (2012), 74 pp.

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Shooting War or Peace Photographs? An Examination of Newswires’ Coverage of the Conflict in Gaza (2008-2009)

Shahira Fahmy, Rico Neumann

American Behavioral Scientist, volume 56, issue 2 (2012), pp. NP1-NP26

"According to Galtung, a peace journalism frame is one that highlights peace initiatives and tones down differences by promoting conflict resolution. A war journalism frame, in his view, is one that highlights differences between opposing parties, urging violence as means to a resolution. Thus, base ... more

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Dialogue Through Film: A Handbook

London: Conciliation Resources (2012), 58 pp.

"Dialogue Through Film is a unique initiative bringing together young Armenians from Nagorny Karabakh and Azerbaijanis to make short films about the conflict that divides them. Over 30 young film-makers have taken part, and thousands of Armenians and Azeris have watched their films. This handbook of ... more

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Picturing Atrocity: Photography in Crisis

Geoffrey Batchen, Mick Gidley, Nancy K. Miller (eds.)

London: Reaktion Books (2012), 319 pp.

"From the massacre of the Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee to the torture of prisoners at Abu Ghraib, from famine in China to apartheid in South Africa, Picturing Atrocity examines a broad spectrum of photographs. Each of the essays focuses specifically on an iconic image, offering a distinct approach ... more

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Peacebuilding and Public Service Media: Lessons from Star Radio and Media Development in Liberia

Elizabeth Goodfriend

London: London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (2012), 39 pp.

"Star Radio, one of Liberia’s leading nationally broadcast radio stations, went off-air at the end of 2010 following a staff strike. Started as an international project with funding from international donors, the station did not have the capacity to compete in a challenging market when donor fundi ... more

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Communication for Development Interventions in Fragile States: A Systematic Review. Summary Version

Andrew Skuse, Dianne Rodger, Gerry Power, Domenic Friguglietti, Tait Brimacombe

Adelaide: University of Adelaide, Applied Communication Collaborative Research Unit (ACCRU) (2012), 39 pp.

"This review identifies that while different initiatives can be pursued in different conflict situations, their direction and content needs to be driven by a close understanding of context, which in turn is driven by a range of influencing factors (contextual and programmatic), which in turn reflect ... more

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Comunicación desarmada: Aportes sobre el rol de la comunicación en procesos de desarme

Caracas: Comisión Presidencial Para el Control de Armas, Municiones y Desarme (2012), 162 pp.

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Una propuesta metodológica para construir historias periodísticas de paz

Gregor Barié, Ney Osorio Arango, Fernando-Alonso Ramírez

Bogotá: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ);La Patria;Universidad de Manizales (2012), 94 pp.

"El ejercicio 'La Paz Cuenta en Caldas' fue un experimento conjunto del periódico La Patria, la Universidad de Manizales y la Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). El propósito era promover la determinación, investigación y redacción de historias de paz que le ofrecier ... more

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The Performance of Vernacular Radio Stations in Kenya: Monitoring Report

Nairobi: Media Council of Kenya;Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2012), viii, 33 pp.

"The Media Council of Kenya (MCK), the statutory body established under the Media Act 2007 that regulates media and advances professionalism of the media in Kenya, monitored a set of ten vernacular radio stations in September/October 2011 in order to assess their current performance. The study looke ... more

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Le rôle de la presse dans la construction de la paix: Le cas du conflit basque

Mathieu Crettenand

Geneva: Université de Genève, Faculté des Sciences Économiques et Sociales, Doctoral Thesis (2012), 418 pp.

"Cette recherche contribue à la réflexion sur le modèle du peace journalism dans les sociétés démocratiques en analysant le rôle de la presse dans le processus de transformation du dernier conflit armé européen, le conflit basque. La recherche se focalise sur les contradictions existantes d ... more

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The Somali Media and Their Peace-Building Potential

Terje S. Skjerdal

Bildhaan: An International Journal of Somali Studies, volume 11 (2012), pp. 27-50

"One of the key issues to be interrogated by media researchers in relation to conflicted societies is the extent to which the media serve to escalate or reduce the overall conflict situation. The argument goes that the media either escalate the conflict by accentuating disagreements, foregrounding c ... onfrontations, and lending air time to forceful voices, or, conversely, reduce the conflict by shunning extremism, giving room for alternative voices and visualizing peaceful solutions. For several reasons, the media situation in and around Somalia provides an interesting ground for discussing these issues. For one, the longlasting Somali conflict has been a recurrent issue for both the local and the international media. In addition, the extraordinary situation of the growing Somali diaspora has provoked a media engagement that in a special way treats issues of conflict through civic-driven, transnational media channels. Within this backdrop, it is the aim of the current article to discuss the role of the extended Somali media in relation to the local conflict situation. By “extended Somali media,” I point to both the local media in Somalia as well as diaspora media channels that are situated abroad but are still heavily concerned with Somali issues in their content. Within media and conflict research, a particular movement, namely “peace journalism,” has received increased attention over the last few years. In short, peace journalism seeks to challenge conventional journalism by working actively for peace through the media. The movement has gained momentum as a result of criticism raised against conventional media operations in the coverage of the so-called global war on terror, a critique that echoes several decades of disappointment with the global media and their coverage of national and international conflicts. Against this backdrop, peace journalism claims to be an alternative to the traditionally conflict-oriented news paradigm. Thus, it is necessary in this article firstly to introduce peace journalism and how the concept challenges conventional journalism in theory and practice. Then, secondly, I will discuss the functions of the extended Somali media environment from a peace and conflict perspective. Since both the diaspora media and local media channels in Somalia may be seen as potent proponents of peace journalism, the article aims to use these media forms as entry points to evaluate some of the key tenets of peace journalism. On the basis of this discussion, the article will conclude with some critical remarks about the peace journalism ideology on the level of principle." (Introduction) more

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Depending on the Media: The Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process in Cross-National Opinions

Yakubu Ozohu-Suleiman, Ahmad Ishak Sidin

SEARCH: Journal of the South East Asia Research Centre for Communication and Humanities, volume 4, issue 2 (2012), pp. 21-40

"This study examines the relationship between viewers' dependence on major international news media and their opinions on how core issues of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict could be resolved. The study is premised on the theoretical assumption that Media System Dependency (MSD) can be helpful as a ... more

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Media Vision for Libya: A "Good Offices" Conference

Qatar: Northwestern University in Qatar (2012), 24 pp.

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Dangerous Work: Violence Against Mexico’s Journalists and Lessons from Colombia

Douglas Farah

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2012), 32 pp.

"Turning the tide on the killing of journalists involves several steps, but primarily it is a matter of having the political will to acknowledge the issue as important and ending the impunity for those responsible for the violence. These steps include: following through on making attacks on the medi ... more