Peace Journalism, War and Conflict Resolution

by Richard Keeble (Editor), John Tulloch (Editor), Florian Zollmann (Editor)

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. The book includes a foreword by award-winning investigative journalist John Pilger and a critical afterword by cultural commentator Jeffery Klaehn.

373 pages, Hardcover

First published February 15, 2010

Reviews

[Storm · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a pretty complete overview of how peace journalism works and how it interacts with social media as well as the mainstream media. This book also had a lot to do with the mistakes that were made in media in the past.

[Courtney Chappell · Rating 2 out of 5]

So glad to be done with this book and this class. I had to read it for my Jterm class about peace journalism. But I didn't even really need to read it, and returned it early to amazon. I could not pay attention to this book; it was so dry and boring.