Peace Journalism: Principles and Structural Limitations in the News Coverage of Three Conflicts

Measuring journalistic peace/war performance: An exploratory study of crisis reporters’ attitudes and perceptions

“…While the literature on peace journalism has largely been qualitative and normative in nature (Galtung, 2004;Galtung et al, 2002;Hanitzsch, 2004Hanitzsch, , 2007Hanitzsch et al, 2004;Lynch, 2007Lynch, , 2008Lynch and Galtung, 2010;Lynch and McGoldrick, 2005;Ottosen, 2010;Pedelty, 1995), the body of quantitative work has been slowly increasing in recent years (Chung et al, 2007;Fahmy and Eakin, 2014;Fahmy and Neumann, 2012;Lance et al, 2011;Lee, 2010;Lee and Maslog, 2005;Lee et al, 2006;Maslog et al, 2006;Neumann and Fahmy, 2012;Shinar, 2009;Tanweer, 2012). Quantitative studies and empirical assessments have mainly focused on content analysis of news coverage.…”

Encuadres mediáticos del Perdón y Reconciliación en el contexto del conflicto armado colombiano

“…Así, las etapas de escalamiento de la violencia propician un discurso mediático que reproduce el edc casi en su totalidad (Baden & Tenenboim-Weinblatt, 2018;Elbaz & Bar-Tal, 2016;Khan, 1998;Mandelzis, 2007;Oren, 2016;Tenenboim-Weinblatt, Hanitzsch, & Nagar, 2016). Por el contrario, etapas de desescalada del conflicto propician un cambio en el edc reproducido por los medios, lo que se ve reflejado en la gradual pérdida de prominencia de las creencias sociales que sostienen el conflicto (Benziman, 2014a;2014b;Lee, 2010;Oren, 2009;Tenenboim-Weinblatt et al, 2016).…”

Rethinking journalism for supporting social cohesion and democracy: case study of media performance in Fiji

“…This study's peace journalism reading also contradicts some international studies of a similar nature. Such studies have largely returned war journalism readings, whether applied to intra-State or inter-State conflicts, in both the Asia-Pacific region and beyond, regardless of whether the coverage was by domestic or international media (see Fong, 2009;Galtung & Ruge, 1965;Lynch & Galtung, 2010;Obijiofor, 2011;Obonyo & Fackler, 2009;S. Lee, 2010; S. Lee & Maslog, 2005;Shinar, 2009;Wilson & Devere, 2013).…”

“…In terms of professional practice, peace journalism is rejected on the basis of a manifest belief that the "way we have been reporting up to now is not that bad" (Loyn, 2003); a sense that peace journalism is simply "good journalism" (Hanitzsch, 2007); and a conviction that peace journalism is unnecessaryjournalists simply have to "work better in the frame of traditional standards" (Gjelten, 2001). Peace journalism is also criticised for its alleged lack of empirical validation; for being too normative and prescriptive; and for lacking a solid theoretical base (Bratic & Schirch, 2008;Hanitzsch, 2004Hanitzsch, , 2007Shinar, 2009;S. T. Lee, 2010).…”