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Awareness towards Peace Journalism among Foreign Correspondents in Africa

Much has been said about the news media’s role in instigating war, conflict and violence. Less attention has been paid to the news media’s role in mitigating conflict. Criticism has been directed towards the ways in which journalists and war correspondents cover conflict with an emphasis on violence, suffering, polarization of the views of main stakeholders, and over-simplification of the underlying causes of conflict. The growing literature and scholarship around Peace Journalism stands as a response to this. In the context of the African continent, further critique has been levelled against frames and narratives of war, conflict and violence grounded in Western epistemologies and dominant discourses of African conflicts and stakeholders. Based on data collected from interviews with a selected group of journalists working on - and covering - the African continent, the article assesses awareness towards alternative narratives and news frames, as well as attitudes towards alternative practices and models for journalism. Particular attention is paid to ideas and responses regarding Peace Journalism as an alternative model for reporting. (author's abstract)

ISSN
2183-2439
Extent
Seite(n): 80-93
Language
Englisch
Notes
Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

Bibliographic citation
Media and Communication, 4(1)

Subject
Politikwissenschaft
Publizistische Medien, Journalismus,Verlagswesen
Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, Sicherheitspolitik
Kommunikatorforschung, Journalismus
Afrika
militärischer Konflikt
ethnischer Konflikt
internationaler Konflikt
Berichterstattung
Krieg
Journalismus
Objektivität
Auslandskorrespondent
Reporter
Konfliktregelung
Friedensprozess
Friedenssicherung

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Rodny-Gumede, Ylva
Event
Veröffentlichung
(when)
2016

DOI
Last update
21.06.2024, 4:26 PM CEST

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  • Zeitschriftenartikel

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  • Rodny-Gumede, Ylva

Time of origin

  • 2016

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