"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
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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)
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"Cybercrime has been on the rise since the 1990s, and so is the need for researchers and public administrations to better estimate its prevalence, incidence, distribution and nature. The limitations of police statistics as measures of crime are widely known and seem even more severe—in terms of th
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e volume of unrecorded offenses—in the case of cybercrimes. The problem of under-recording may be even more acute for crimes suffered by organizations. From that perspective, victimization surveys with national representative samples are seen as the main alternative to obtain more valid and reliable estimates of cybercrime and cyberdeviance. Self-reported delinquency studies can provide information on juvenile cybercrime and cyberdeviance from the point of view of the offenders and, if accompanied by a victimization module, on the incidents suffered by the younger generations. Surveys also provide information on many other variables that are absent from police or court recorded crimes, related to the personal characteristics of individuals, their everyday activities, cybersecurity practices and so on, which allow identifying key risk factors and testing different theories of online crime and deviance. In addition, surveys conducted regularly can also be key to assessing temporal changes in overall criminal behavior. While we have seen a rapid increase in the number of crime surveys that include measures of cybercrime since the early 2010s, our scoping review has identified a series of practices that could be refined to better measure online victimization and offending, and to enable cross-national and temporal comparisons. Overall, it seems reasonable to state that cybercrime and cyberdeviance is measured less adequately than more traditional crime types. This might be in part due to the ever-changing nature of cyberspace." (Ways forward and conclusions, pages 65-66)
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"Este libro es un homenaje a la historia de millones de colombianos y colombianas que se niegan a convivir con la violencia y que han encontrado en el perdón, y en el encuentro honesto con los responsables del daño y el dolor, el camino hacia la reconstrucción de las relaciones rotas por la guerr
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a; un camino para sanar. La escucha de todas estas experiencias y el reconocimiento de estos dolores y luchas como propios nos devuelven la grandeza de ser seres humanos y nos sacan de la crisis ética en la que nos sumió esta guerra entre hermanos. En este libro encontrarán historias narradas por sus protagonistas, cuidadosamente tratadas por nuestro equipo territorial. Estas narraciones fueron escuchadas a lo largo y ancho del territorio nacional y son parte de la vida de hombres y mujeres del campo colombiano, muchos campesinos, otros indígenas o afrodescendientes, uno de ellos homosexual, y otra de ellas mujer transgénero: toda, población vulnerable por la desprotección del Estado cuando el campo, las veredas y los corregimientos se volvieron territorios de guerra, en los cuales la inmensa mayoría de los muertos fueron civiles. Esta es 'La fuerza de esta voz': la historia de vida de las personas que habitan los territorios recorridos por la Comisión de la Verdad con la intención de comprender el conflicto armado colombiano. Es la fuerza de su dolor, sus luchas y sus sueños. Compartir con el país lo que hemos escuchado es una forma de agradecer a quienes con generosidad nos brindaron su testimonio. Escucharnos, como país, es el primer paso para reconocernos, y reconocer a las víctimas, su dolor y su resistencia, y asumir juntos el compromiso de la no repetición de la guerra del conflicto armado interno: el compromiso de la paz grande." (Prólogo de Francisco de Roux, página 4-5)
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"In the neoliberal media autocracy of Turkey, mass media are propaganda tools rather than the public watchdogs. The coup attempt in 2016 gave the government additional power to institutionalise this regime. Critical journalists have become the enemies of the state and suffered from threats from vari
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ous sources. This attack on critical journalism is increasing alongside the deepening of the democracy crises, positioning journalists as victims. This study argues that bridging the fields of journalism safety and victimology would benefit journalists. Therefore, a critical analysis of reports on journalism safety, opponent journalists' social media posts, and related news was performed in order to discuss the possibility and advantages of bridging this gap to help journalists deal with victimisation. The findings demonstrate the acceptance of journalists as a new subject for victims' rights might activate new mechanisms of protection for them. This means searching for new rights can contribute to their physical, mental, and moral recovery." (Abstract)
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"This chapter discusses the role of collective victimization in inciting, sustaining, and preventing intergroup conflict. The emerging psychological literature on this topic has studied collective victimization that was experienced directly in one’s lifetime, as well as collective victimization ex
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perienced indirectly, through transgenerational and societal transmission. Affective, cognitive, and behavioral responses to collective violence against the ingroup are discussed that affect intergroup relations with the perpetrator group and with other groups—in ways that either contribute to cycles of violence and revenge, or to constructive intergroup outcomes such as solidarity and reconciliation. Various types of victim beliefs that social psychologists have recently begun to study are broadly classified as conflict-specific or global, and as inclusive or exclusive victim beliefs. Additional factors are identified that might moderate the effects of collective victimization on intergroup outcomes. The chapter concludes with a discussion of interventions that have addressed the role of collective victimization and victim beliefs." (Abstract)
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