Peace Journalism, War and Conflict Resolution
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New York: Peter Lang (2010), xi, 373 pp.
Contains index
Signature commbox: 10-Conflicts-E 2010
"Peace Journalism, War and Conflict Resolution draws together the work of over twenty leading international writers, journalists, theorists and campaigners in the field of peace journalism. Mainstream media tend to promote the interests of the military and governments in their coverage of warfare. This major new text aims to provide a definitive, up-to-date, critical, engaging and accessible overview exploring the role of the media in conflict resolution. Sections focus in detail on theory, international practice, and critiques of mainstream media performance from a peace perspective; countries discussed include the U.S., U.K., Germany, Cyprus, Sweden, Canada, India, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines. Chapters examine a wide variety of issues including mainstream newspapers, indigenous media, blogs and radical alternative websites." (Publisher description)
Introduction: why peace journalism matters / Richard Keeble, John Tulloch and Florian Zollmann, 1
SECTION I. PEACE JOURNALISM: NEW THEORETICAL POSITIONS
1 Non-violence in philosophical and media ethics / Clifford Christians, 15
2 Recovering agency for the propaganda model: the implications for reporting war and peace / Oliver Boyd-Barrett, 31
3 Peace journalism as political practice: a new, radical look at the theory / Richard Lance Keeble, 49
4 Propaganda, war, peace and the media / Jake Lynch, 69
SECTION II: PEACE (OR CONFLICT SENSITIVE) JOURNALISM: THEORY AND PRACTICE IN AN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT
5 A global standard for reporting conflict and peace / Annabel McGoldrick and Jake Lynch, 87
6 When peace journalism and feminist theory join forces: A Swedish case study / Agneta Solderberg Jacobson, 105
7 Crossing borders: the global influence of indigenous media / Valerie Alia, 121
8 Iraq and Dahr Jamail: war reporting from a peace perspective / Florian Zollmann, 139
9 Are you a vulture? Reflecting on the ethics and aesthetics of atrocity coverage and its aftermath / Pratap Rughani, 157
10 Social networks and the reporting of conflict / Donald Matheson and Stuart Allan, 173
11 Building a peace journalists' network from the ground: the Philippine experience / Jean Lee C. Patindol, 193
12 Peace journalism in practice, Peace News: for non-violent revolution / Milan Rai, 207
13 Mediating peace? Military radio in the Balkans and Afghanistan / Sarah Maltby, 223
SECTION III. PEACE JOURNALISM'S CRITIQUE: TRANSFORMING THE MAINSTREAM
14 Peace journalism's critique: transforming the mainstream. Conflict gives us identity: Media and the "Cyprus problem" / Susan Dente Ross and Sevda Alankus, 241
15 The Peace Counts project: a promoter of real change or mere idealism? / Marlis Prinzing, 257
16 Conscience and the press: newspaper treatment of pacifists and conscientious objectors 1939-40 / John Tulloch, 271
17 War as peace: the Canadian media in Afghanistan / James Winter, 287
18 Normalising the unthinkable: the media's role in mass killing / David Edwards, 301
19 US coverage of conflict and the media attention cycle / Stephan Russ-Mohl, 319
20 Perspectives on conflict resolution and journalistic training / Rukhsana Aslam, 335
Afterword / Jeffery Klaehn, 353
SECTION I. PEACE JOURNALISM: NEW THEORETICAL POSITIONS
1 Non-violence in philosophical and media ethics / Clifford Christians, 15
2 Recovering agency for the propaganda model: the implications for reporting war and peace / Oliver Boyd-Barrett, 31
3 Peace journalism as political practice: a new, radical look at the theory / Richard Lance Keeble, 49
4 Propaganda, war, peace and the media / Jake Lynch, 69
SECTION II: PEACE (OR CONFLICT SENSITIVE) JOURNALISM: THEORY AND PRACTICE IN AN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT
5 A global standard for reporting conflict and peace / Annabel McGoldrick and Jake Lynch, 87
6 When peace journalism and feminist theory join forces: A Swedish case study / Agneta Solderberg Jacobson, 105
7 Crossing borders: the global influence of indigenous media / Valerie Alia, 121
8 Iraq and Dahr Jamail: war reporting from a peace perspective / Florian Zollmann, 139
9 Are you a vulture? Reflecting on the ethics and aesthetics of atrocity coverage and its aftermath / Pratap Rughani, 157
10 Social networks and the reporting of conflict / Donald Matheson and Stuart Allan, 173
11 Building a peace journalists' network from the ground: the Philippine experience / Jean Lee C. Patindol, 193
12 Peace journalism in practice, Peace News: for non-violent revolution / Milan Rai, 207
13 Mediating peace? Military radio in the Balkans and Afghanistan / Sarah Maltby, 223
SECTION III. PEACE JOURNALISM'S CRITIQUE: TRANSFORMING THE MAINSTREAM
14 Peace journalism's critique: transforming the mainstream. Conflict gives us identity: Media and the "Cyprus problem" / Susan Dente Ross and Sevda Alankus, 241
15 The Peace Counts project: a promoter of real change or mere idealism? / Marlis Prinzing, 257
16 Conscience and the press: newspaper treatment of pacifists and conscientious objectors 1939-40 / John Tulloch, 271
17 War as peace: the Canadian media in Afghanistan / James Winter, 287
18 Normalising the unthinkable: the media's role in mass killing / David Edwards, 301
19 US coverage of conflict and the media attention cycle / Stephan Russ-Mohl, 319
20 Perspectives on conflict resolution and journalistic training / Rukhsana Aslam, 335
Afterword / Jeffery Klaehn, 353
