Screen LibraryCommunication and peace : mapping an emerging field /
"This book analyses the use of communication in resolving conflicts, with a focus on de-escalation and processes of peacebuilding and peace formation. From the employment of hate radio in the Rwanda genocide, to the current conflict between Russia and the Ukraine following events in the Crimea,...
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
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| Publisher Address: | London ; New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2015. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge studies in peace and conflict resolution
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| Summary: |
"This book analyses the use of communication in resolving conflicts, with a focus on de-escalation and processes of peacebuilding and peace formation. From the employment of hate radio in the Rwanda genocide, to the current conflict between Russia and the Ukraine following events in the Crimea, communication and the media are widely recognized as powerful tools in conflicts and war. Although there has been significant academic attention on the relationship between the media, conflict and war, academic efforts to understand this relationship have tended to focus primarily on the links between communication and conflict, rather than on communication and peace. In order to make sense of peace it is essential to look at communication in its many facets, mediated or not ... |
| Carrier Form: | xx, 326 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781138018044 (hardback) : 113801804X (hardback) |
| Index Number: | P96 |
| CLC: | G206.7 |
| Call Number: | G206.7/C734-1 |
| Contents: | Media in peace and conflict studies / Jake Lynch -- Media studies and the peace issue / Cees J. Hamelink -- Peace and the absence of journalism / Virgil Hawkins -- Conflict sensitive journalism : (r)evolution in media peacebuilding / Ross Howard -- The United Nations' responsibility to protect and the world's press : establishing a new humanitarian norm? / Simon Cottle & Charles Martin Hughes -- Media and war propaganda : the value of exposure / Oliver Boyd-Barrett -- Imagined violence : representations of masculinity and a culture of peace / Lara Mazurski -- The media and deconstruction of the enemy image / Babak Bahador -- Still caught in the crossfire? : UN peace operations and their information capacities / Ingrid A. Lehmann ... |