The Dilemmas of Pacification: News of War and Peace in the ‘Marvelous City’

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“…Significantly, Rodrigues (2014) observes that peace journalism is when editors and reporters make choices-of what stories to report and about how to report them-that create opportunities at large to consider and value nonviolent responses to conflicts. It was stressed that peace journalism should use the insights of conflict analysis and transformation to update the concepts of balance, fairness, and accuracy in reporting.…”

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The South China Sea Dispute and War/Peace Journalism: A Framing Analysis of a Malaysian Newspaper

Fong¹,

Koon²

2019

KOME

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News coverage of crises, conflicts, and wars is grounded in the notion of news value. Conflict reporting is often sensational and used as a device to boost circulation and ratings. Therefore, Norwegian Professor of Peace Studies Johan Galtung proposed peace journalism as a self-conscious working concept for journalists covering wars and conflicts. In recent years, tension has steadily increased over the South China Sea dispute. There are fears that the overlapping claims in the South China Sea will turn the region into an area of conflict, with potentially serious global consequences. This study aimed to examine the reporting of the South China Sea dispute by The Star, the English daily newspaper with the largest circulation in Malaysia. War/peace journalism and framing were employed as the theoretical framework, while content analysis was used as the research method to analyze the news coverage of the South China Sea dispute by The Star from 2014-2016. The findings showed that coverage in The Star was dominated by the war journalism frame but carried a neutral valence towards China. Implications of the findings to the understanding of war/peace journalism, conflict reporting, and news value studies were discussed.

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The South China Sea Dispute and War/Peace Journalism: A Framing Analysis of a Malaysian Newspaper

Fong¹,

Koon²

2019

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“…2. See LeBas (2013, p. 259) for the case of Kenya and Nigeria, Abello Colak and Guarnos Meza (2014) for the case Medellín, and for Rio (the challenges of the pacification programmes) Rodrigues (2014) and Muggah & Souza-Mulli (2012). 3.…”

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Government Responses to Gang Power: From Truce to War on Gangs in El Salvador

Borgh

2019

ERLACS

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This article reflects on the challenges that governments face in dealing with illicit armed groups that have built up local power positions. It analyses an accommodating government response (a local truce) to gangs in the town of Nueva Concepción, El Salvador, and its aftermath that was characterised by a renewed crackdown on them. These responses did not manage to break gang power. While the local truce had led to some modifications in gang use of violence and the degree and forms of extortion they used, the 'war on gangs' that followed the local gang truce had a more disruptive effect, as it was not able to stop or break their control. The paper shows that different responses can take place simultaneously, affecting each other in intended and unintended ways. Recognizing the profound contestation about the 'right policy mix' in situations where state power is violently challenged, it also discusses some of the challenges and possibilities to combine accommodating, repressive and preventive approaches.

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The Rio Dossier: The Exclusion Games

Cohen

Watt

2017

London 2012 and the Post-Olympics City

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The Dilemmas of Pacification: News of War and Peace in the ‘Marvelous City’

Cited by 8 publications

References 6 publications

The South China Sea Dispute and War/Peace Journalism: A Framing Analysis of a Malaysian Newspaper

The South China Sea Dispute and War/Peace Journalism: A Framing Analysis of a Malaysian Newspaper

Government Responses to Gang Power: From Truce to War on Gangs in El Salvador

The Rio Dossier: The Exclusion Games

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