ABSTRACT
This book focuses on the social process of conflict news production and the emergence of public discourse on war and armed conflict. Its contributions combine qualitative and quantitative approaches through interview studies and computer-assisted content analysis and apply a unique comparative and holistic approach over time, across different cycles of six conflicts in three regions of the world, and across different types of domestic, international and transnational media. In so doing, it explores the roles of public communication through traditional media, social media, strategic communication, and public relations in informing and involving national and international actors in conflict prevention, resolution and peace-keeping. It provides a key point of reference for creative, innovative, and state-of-the-art empirical research on media and armed conflict.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|2 pages
Comparative, Diachronic and Holistic
chapter |20 pages
Introduction
chapter 1|26 pages
Dissecting Media Roles in Conflict
part II|2 pages
The Dynamics of Public Discourse(s) on Wars and Armed Conflicts
chapter 3|35 pages
The Dynamics of Strategic Communication Over Time
chapter 4|25 pages
The Dynamics of Parliamentary Debates on War and Conflict
part III|2 pages
The Dynamics of Conflict News Production as a Social Process
chapter 6|22 pages
Journalism of War and Conflict
chapter 7|27 pages
The Enduring Value of Reliable Facts
chapter 9|28 pages
A Game of Frames in Conflict Transformation
chapter 10|14 pages
Balancing Plausible Lies and False Truths
part IV|2 pages
Recapitulation, Consolidation, Implication