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Diana Papademas (ed.)

Bingley: Emerald Publishing (2011), xiv, 223 pp.

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Ritual, Media, and Conflict

Ronald L. Grimes, Ute Hüsken, Udo Gerald Simon (eds.)

Oxford et al.: Oxford University Press (2011), xvi, 299 pp.

"Although conflict is a normal aspect of human life, mass media technologies are changing the dynamics of conflict and shaping strategies for deploying rituals. Rituals can provoke or escalate conflict; they can also mediate it. Media representations have long been instrumental in establishing, main ... more

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Communication in Crisis: Assessing the Impact of Mayardit FM Following the May 2011 Abyei Emergency

Nina McMurry

Turalei, Warrap State (SS): Internews (2011), 21 pp.

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Global Media Policy and Crisis States

Monroe E. Price

In: The Handbook of Global Media and Communication Policy

Robin Mansell; Marc Raboy (eds.)

Malden, Mass.: Wiley Blackwell (2011), pp. 180-191

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

Scott Straus

In: Radio in Africa: Publics, Cultures, Communities

Liz Gunner; Dina Ligaga; Dumisani Moyo (eds.)

Johannesburg: Wits University Press (2011), pp. 83-101

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Human Rights and African Airwaves: Mediating Equality on the Chichewa Radio

Harri Englund

Bloomington: Indiana University Press (2011), x, 294 pp.

"Focuses on Nkhani Zam'maboma, a popular Chichewa news bulletin broadcast on Malawi’s public radio. The program often takes authorities to task and questions much of the human rights rhetoric that comes from international organizations. Highlighting obligation and mutual dependence, the program ex ... more

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Citizens' Media Against Armed Conflict: Disrupting Violence in Colombia

Clemencia Rodríguez

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press (2011), 328 pp.

"For two years, Clemencia Rodríguez did fieldwork in regions of Colombia where leftist guerillas, right-wing paramilitary groups, the army, and drug traffickers made their presence felt in the lives of unarmed civilians. Here, Rodríguez tells the story of the ways in which people living in the sha ... more

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News Audiences Beware! Insights from Darfur

Bella Mody

Media Development, volume 58, issue 4 (2011), pp. 32-36

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The Primetime War on Drugs & Terror: An Analysis of Depictions of the War on Terror and the War on Drugs in Popular Primetime Television Programs

Johanna Blakley, Sheena Nahm

Norman Lear Center;Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism (2011), 33 pp.

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Peace Journalism: How Media Reporting Affects Wars and Conflicts

Asa Carlman, Ida Svedlund (eds.)

Johanneshov: Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation (2011), 22 pp.

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Perspectivas progresistas: Periodismo, recurso social para la paz

Marco Lara Klahr

México, DF: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2011), 19 pp.

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Special Themed Issue: 9/11+10

Lena Jayyusi (ed.)

Global Media and Communication, volume 7, issue 3 (2011), pp. 171-291

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Questioning the Al-Jazeera Effect: Analysis of Al-Qaeda’s Media Strategy and its Relationship with Al-Jazeera

Rasha El-Ibiary

Global Media and Communication, volume 7, issue 3 (2011), pp. 199-204

"Even Al-Jazeera, the first all-news channel widely considered independent, is primarily a tool in the Qatari government's hands to consolidate its existence, and fight its media wars with Saudi Arabia, provoking anger in the Arab and Western world. Al-Quaeda's relationship to Al-Jazeera, thus, cann ... more

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Peace-Making, Power Configurations and Media Practices in Northern Uganda: A Case Study of Mega FM

Florence Brisset-Foucault

Journal of African Media Studies, volume 3, issue 2 (2011), pp. 205-225

"This article analyses the uses of the ‘community’ and ‘peace media’ labels in northern Uganda. It tries to assess their effect on power configurations and on the practices and the representations of media workers. In order to do so, it analyses how non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have ... more

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Covering and Countering Extremism in Pakistan’s Developing Media

Hannah Byam, Christopher Neu

Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace (USIP) (2011), 3 pp.

"With a rise in terrorist activity spreading fear through highly publicized attacks, Pakistan’s media landscape has increasingly been used as a battleground between those seeking to promote violent conflict and others seeking to manage or deter it. Pakistan’s media community has not yet develope ... more

Peace Communication in Sudan: Toward Infusing a New Islamic Perspective

Haydar Badawi Sadig, Hala Asmina Guta

In: The Handbook of Global Communication and Media Ethics

Robert S. Fortner; Mark Fackler (eds.)

Chichester: Wiley Blackwell (2011), pp. 602-625

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Africa’s Evolving Infosystems: A Pathway to Security and Stability

Steven Livingston

Washington, DC: National Defense University Press (2011), iii, 57 pp.

"Linked by mobile telephony and supported by geographical information systems, civil society networks now have unprecedented opportunities to develop security-monitoring programs, provide information needed for effective health care, create banking services, and provide farmers with market informati ... more

Conflict Sensitive Journalism: Moving Towards a Holistic Framework

Michelle Betz

Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS) (2011), 9 pp.