The Handbook of Conflict and Peace Communication
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Hoboken; Chichester: Wiley Blackwell (2025), xxvi, 430 pp.
Contains tables, index
Series: Global Handbooks in Media and Communication Research
ISBN 978-1-119-24635-0 (hbk); 978-1-119-24642-8 (pdf)
Signature commbox: 10-Conflicts-E 2025
"This book offers an in-depth view of how intricate and intractable conflicts can be and how the communicative aspects of conflict are equally challenging. The author reviews and guides readers through classic and contemporary analysis in the field, providing a truly interdisciplinary work. Handbook of Conflict and Peace Communication is divided into five navigable sections - Theory Development, Method Development, Traditional/Digital Media and Peace and Conflict, Case Studies, and Innovative Approaches - that help illuminate workable and innovative peace communication strategies relevant to today's conflicts. Readers will also find: informative contributions from a collection of outstanding scholars, practitioners, and activists; comprehensive explorations of past conflict communication theory in the context of contemporary theory; practical tools to navigate complex local and global conflicts; in-depth examinations of strategies of peace communication from the margins that acknowledge and elevate solutions for and from the most vulnerable." (Publisher description)
PART 1: THEORY DEVELOPMENT
1 Communicative Contact and Divided Groups / Donald Ellis, 3
2 Conflict, Global Inequalities, and Structural Oppressions: A Culture-Centered Approach / Mohan Dutta, 14
3 The Crossroads of Retribution and Restoration: A Story of Justice / Ian M. Bortan and Gregory D. Paul, 30
4 Social Responsibility, Journalistic Values, and Ethics of Conflict Coverage: A Critical Analysis of the Coverage of the Mumbai Attacks in Indian and Pakistani Elite Press / Azmat Rasul, 46
PART 2: METHOD DEVELOPMENT
5 Applicability of Narrative for Peace and Conflict Communication / Natasha Azarian-Ceccato, 63
6 The Weaponization of Reporting: Using Nightmares to Sell War and Conflict / Christian Vukasovich and Tamara Dejanovic-Vukasovich, 76
7 Personal Narratives in the Service of Peacebuilding / Julia Chaitin, 97
8 Discourse Analysis Applied to Communication about Violent Conflict / John Oddo, 111
9 Strategic Listening in the Middle East as a Guide on the Pathway to Collaboration and Peace / Annie Rappeport and Andrew Wolvin, 124
10 A Roma Heritage Pilgrimage: Peacebuilding and Reaffirmation of Identity through Visual Storytelling in a Hungarian Roma Village / Maria Subert, 139
PART 3: TRADITIONAL/DIGITAL MEDIA AND PEACE AND CONFLICT
11 (Mis)representing Terrorism in Global Media / Daya K. Thussu, 153
12 Importance of Influence of Post-Conflict Societies in Conceptualizing Conflict and Peace / Kasun Ubaysiri, 166
13 Peace Journalism in the New Millennium: New Challenges with the Changing Face of Conflict / Jake Lynch, 181
14 Internet User-Generated Content as "Citizen Peace Journalism"? Lessons from the Initial Empirical Data / Marta N. Lukacovic and Andrew Teye, 196
15 Fighting ISIS: How Al Jazeera Arabic Framed the Fight against ISIS in Syria and Iraq / Hala Guta, 215
16 Conflict Reporting: How Indian and Pakistani News Organizations Framed a 2019 Border Conflict on Twitter / Dhiman Chattopadhyay and Awais Saleem, 234
PART 4: CASE STUDIES
17 Victimization versus Protagonism: An Analysis of the Process of Asylum Seekers' Interview in Institutions of Brazilian Civil Society / Sofia C. Zanforlin, 255
18 Are Nigerians in Cameroon Perceived as a Threat? An Analysis of Cameroonian-Nigerian Inter-Group Conflict / Elvis Nshom, Immaculate Kelighai, and Shomaila Sadaf, 268
19 When Campaigning Goes Wrong: Female Genital Mutilation in Human Rights and Peace and Conflict Communication / Lisen Dellenborg and Maria F. Malmström, 285
20 Applying Image Restoration Theory to Understand the Provisional Irish Republican Army's (PIRA) Image Repair Strategies / Dylan Silverglate and Jonathan Matusitz, 306
21 Intercultural Empathy between Palestinians and Israelis: A Qualitative Analysis / Kelsea Jackson and Stephen Croucher, 319
22 Rethinking Pukhtoonwali as a Culture of Peace: The Role of Jirga in Peacebuilding in the Tribal Areas of Pakistan / Nizar Ahmad, Syed Rashid Ali, and Sana Ullah, 336
23 Conflict Management, Ambivalent Sexism, and Latin Gender Roles / Nathalie Desrayaud, Gabriela R. Martin, and Fernando Olano Vazquez, 351
PART 5: INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO PEACE AND CONFLICT
24 Identifying Islamophobia in Societies to Help Sustain Global Peace, Journalism, and Communication / Muhammad J. Yusha'u, 371
25 Everybody Loves an Innocent Victim: Communicating Terror and Managing Conflict through the Victims' Perspective / Vipul Mudgal, 382
26 Role of Narratives in Reducing Bias toward Muslim Immigrants: A Step toward Peace and Tolerance / Xiaodi Yan, Syed Ali Hussain, Yi Zhu, and Mary Bresnahan, 394
27 "A Way of Knowing:" Violence, Precarity, and the Critical Potential of Poetry / Timothy A. Lavis, 407
1 Communicative Contact and Divided Groups / Donald Ellis, 3
2 Conflict, Global Inequalities, and Structural Oppressions: A Culture-Centered Approach / Mohan Dutta, 14
3 The Crossroads of Retribution and Restoration: A Story of Justice / Ian M. Bortan and Gregory D. Paul, 30
4 Social Responsibility, Journalistic Values, and Ethics of Conflict Coverage: A Critical Analysis of the Coverage of the Mumbai Attacks in Indian and Pakistani Elite Press / Azmat Rasul, 46
PART 2: METHOD DEVELOPMENT
5 Applicability of Narrative for Peace and Conflict Communication / Natasha Azarian-Ceccato, 63
6 The Weaponization of Reporting: Using Nightmares to Sell War and Conflict / Christian Vukasovich and Tamara Dejanovic-Vukasovich, 76
7 Personal Narratives in the Service of Peacebuilding / Julia Chaitin, 97
8 Discourse Analysis Applied to Communication about Violent Conflict / John Oddo, 111
9 Strategic Listening in the Middle East as a Guide on the Pathway to Collaboration and Peace / Annie Rappeport and Andrew Wolvin, 124
10 A Roma Heritage Pilgrimage: Peacebuilding and Reaffirmation of Identity through Visual Storytelling in a Hungarian Roma Village / Maria Subert, 139
PART 3: TRADITIONAL/DIGITAL MEDIA AND PEACE AND CONFLICT
11 (Mis)representing Terrorism in Global Media / Daya K. Thussu, 153
12 Importance of Influence of Post-Conflict Societies in Conceptualizing Conflict and Peace / Kasun Ubaysiri, 166
13 Peace Journalism in the New Millennium: New Challenges with the Changing Face of Conflict / Jake Lynch, 181
14 Internet User-Generated Content as "Citizen Peace Journalism"? Lessons from the Initial Empirical Data / Marta N. Lukacovic and Andrew Teye, 196
15 Fighting ISIS: How Al Jazeera Arabic Framed the Fight against ISIS in Syria and Iraq / Hala Guta, 215
16 Conflict Reporting: How Indian and Pakistani News Organizations Framed a 2019 Border Conflict on Twitter / Dhiman Chattopadhyay and Awais Saleem, 234
PART 4: CASE STUDIES
17 Victimization versus Protagonism: An Analysis of the Process of Asylum Seekers' Interview in Institutions of Brazilian Civil Society / Sofia C. Zanforlin, 255
18 Are Nigerians in Cameroon Perceived as a Threat? An Analysis of Cameroonian-Nigerian Inter-Group Conflict / Elvis Nshom, Immaculate Kelighai, and Shomaila Sadaf, 268
19 When Campaigning Goes Wrong: Female Genital Mutilation in Human Rights and Peace and Conflict Communication / Lisen Dellenborg and Maria F. Malmström, 285
20 Applying Image Restoration Theory to Understand the Provisional Irish Republican Army's (PIRA) Image Repair Strategies / Dylan Silverglate and Jonathan Matusitz, 306
21 Intercultural Empathy between Palestinians and Israelis: A Qualitative Analysis / Kelsea Jackson and Stephen Croucher, 319
22 Rethinking Pukhtoonwali as a Culture of Peace: The Role of Jirga in Peacebuilding in the Tribal Areas of Pakistan / Nizar Ahmad, Syed Rashid Ali, and Sana Ullah, 336
23 Conflict Management, Ambivalent Sexism, and Latin Gender Roles / Nathalie Desrayaud, Gabriela R. Martin, and Fernando Olano Vazquez, 351
PART 5: INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO PEACE AND CONFLICT
24 Identifying Islamophobia in Societies to Help Sustain Global Peace, Journalism, and Communication / Muhammad J. Yusha'u, 371
25 Everybody Loves an Innocent Victim: Communicating Terror and Managing Conflict through the Victims' Perspective / Vipul Mudgal, 382
26 Role of Narratives in Reducing Bias toward Muslim Immigrants: A Step toward Peace and Tolerance / Xiaodi Yan, Syed Ali Hussain, Yi Zhu, and Mary Bresnahan, 394
27 "A Way of Knowing:" Violence, Precarity, and the Critical Potential of Poetry / Timothy A. Lavis, 407
