"This handbook provides a comprehensive review of research in conflict and peace communication and offers readers a range of insights into foundational, ongoing, and emerging discussions in this field. The volume brings together peace studies, conflict studies, and communication studies to acknowled
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ge the power of communication - both cooperative, solidarizing, and integrative as well as destructive and divisive - in constituting social relations. It features a multiplicity of authors, including academics and practitioners from all corners of the globe and from across the communicative spectrum. This handbook is divided into four parts: (1) Metatheoretical, theoretical, and methodological approaches in conflict and peace communication research; (2) Conflict communication; (3) Peace communication; and (4) Crosscutting and emergent themes." (Publisher description)
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Examining Bangladesh’s booming and dynamic media sector, this report finds that there is an increasing tendency for political discourse to be based around personality rather than policy.
"This training guide explains what a target audience is, why a target audience should be defined for every radio programme, and how conflict and target audience sensitive journalism can contribute to peace building in conflict and post-conflict regions. It emphasises the need to define a target audi
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ence, ie "a group of people which probably shares many of the same beliefs, the same ideas or the same values, and which may live or work in similar circumstances and environments", to ensure that the programme can be tailored to the various groups involved in a conflict. As a practical approach, the guide provides a step-by-step checklist of questions that need to be considered when producing programmes, for instance: what is the programmes' objective, who is the primary/secondary target audience, who is - in contrast - the target group, and when does the target audience listen? Furthermore, the publication introduces methods for evaluating conflicts, eg, the conflict tree, or for defining the target audiences' knowledge and beliefs, such as the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD). The guide is a useful starting point for those who work in areas with a high potential for conflict and who wish to learn more about ways to reach conflicting groups." (commbox)
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"This guidebook examines the interrelationship of media and conflicts and was conducted for broadcasters, especially presenters, who work in regions where there are violent conflicts. It aims to give examples and tools for talkshows which contribute to peace, and is structured in three greater parts
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: 1. Explanations of 'conflict' and of the different kinds of violence (ie, physical, cultural and structural) 2. Definitions and examples for talkshows and the different formats commonly used (face to face, roundtable, phone-in) 3. Notes on issues and practices, discussing questions like: how to talk about taboo subjects, how to deal with hate speech, accusation, censorship or even extremely sensitive issues like genocide, and how to seek the common ground of conflicting parties? Moreover, the manual contains a planning checklist and suggestions for conflict mapping in order to gain a better understanding of the conflict, and it shows the differences between peace and conflict-oriented talkshows." (commbox)
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"Ce guide s’adresse principalement à toute personne qui participe à la réalisation d’un talk-show radiophonique dans une région ou un pays connaissant un conflit. Il se concentre principalement sur les conflits violents entre individus, groupes ou pays, ou qui sont susceptibles de le devenir
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. Certains professionnels de la radio seront peut-être familiers avec certains des concepts abordés, mais nous espérons que le guide contient un bon nombre de nouvelles idées efficaces. Chacun aimerait vivre dans une société pacifique, où la haine et la violence n’auraient pas droit de citer. La question fondamentale est de savoir comment la faire exister. Ce guide comprend une série d’exemples et d’outils pouvant stimuler des discussions de groupe consacrées à la manière dont les talk-shows peuvent contribuer à la paix. Chaque chapitre commence par un court résumé reprenant les principales idées et concepts développés. Le guide rassemble les éléments suivants: base théorique et ensemble de techniques d’analyse des conflits; instruments (illustrés par quelques exemples) à l’intention des professionnels de la radio désireux de réaliser des talk-shows pour construire la paix; définition et description des différents formats pouvant être utilisés dans un talk-show (avec leurs forces et leurs faiblesses)." (Comment utiliser ce guide, page 4)
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"This manual was designed for project managers, and gives emphasis to the planning and production - not on scriptwriting - of radio soap operas for peace building in conflict areas. Its underlying assumption is that radio soap operas can, over a long term period, subtly change attitudes, and contrib
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ute to peace, because they reach people emotionally. The guide gives instructions on several steps of the planning and implementation process, such as conducting a timeline, defining the target audience, and choosing a team, recording a schedule, and planning the budget. It discusses where to record a soap opera (in studio or outside), how long a soap opera should last, and when it should be broadcast. It gives advice on the pre-test phase with focus groups, and provides a checklist with the overarching aims, ie, the intended outcomes and the emotional focus, of the soap. The appendix contains an excerpt from an Indonesian radio drama serial, produced by Common Ground Indonesia." (commbox)
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"This is a guide for those training writers of radio soap operas for peacebuilding. It contains a ten day training course, materials, and background information which are invaluable to facilitators." (Back cover)
"Presents case studies from 12 countries and lists 69 organisations working with media as conflict prevention and/or peacebuilding tool." (commbox)