Media, conflict and peacebuilding in Africa conceptual and methodological considerations / edited by Jacinta Mwende Maweu and Admire Mare.
| Other author | Maweu, Jacinta Mwende. |
| Other author | Mare, Admire. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021. |
| Description | pages cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
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| Series | Routledge contemporary Africa Routledge contemporary Africa series. ^A1388464 |
| Contents | Foreword / by Cyril Obi -- Introduction. Changing the tide: Re-examining the interplay of media, conflict and peacebuilding in Africa / Jacinta Maweu and Admire Mare -- Rethinking peace journalism in light of Ubuntu / Ylva Rodny-Gumede and Colin Chasi -- Researching Africa Peace Journalism through Borderlands: A Theoretical and Methodological Exploration / Fredrick Ogenga -- The Limits of Peace Journalism in Restricted Societies: A Case of The Chronicle's Reportage on Zimbabwe's Gukurahundi Massacres between 1982 and 1986 / Santos Philip -- The Challenges of reporting peacebuilding in Africa: Towards a human rights journalism approach / Ibrahim Seaga Shaw -- The Role of Folk Media in Peace Building: Folk Story Telling Tradition as a Site for Peaceful Negotiation for Gender Harmony in African Families / Egara Kabaji -- A Critical Reflection on the Role of the Media in Conflict in Africa / Dumisani Moyo -- Assessing the impact of terrorism and counter-terrorism laws on freedom of the media in Kenya / Benjamin Muindi -- Catalysts of conflict or Messengers of Peace? Promoting Interfaith Dialogue between Christians and Muslims in Kenya through the Media / Jacinta Mwende Maweu -- Media Diplomacy and the Kenya-Somalia Maritime Territorial Dispute / Doreen Muyonga -- "In their own words": Journalistic mediation of electoral conflict in polarized Zimbabwe / Admire Mare and Stanley Tsarwe -- The role of the media in conflict and peacebuilding in Sierra Leone / Francis Sowa -- War Reporting In Africa: The Case Of Sudan's War In The Nuba Mountains / -- Ogata Moganda Silvester -- Peace-makers or Peace-Wreckers? Discursive Construction of Domestic Conflict and Peacebuilding in the Zimbabwean Diaspora Media / Tendai Chari -- Precarity, Technology, Identity: The Sociology of Conflict Reporting in South Sudan / Richard Stupart -- "Walking through History" Together: Gukurahundi, Memory and the Role of New Media in Shaping Zimbabwe's "Post-conflict" Societies / Mphathisi Ndlovu -- "We have Degrees in Violence": a Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis of Online Constructions of Electoral Violence in Post- 2000 Zimbabwe / Allen Munoriyarwa -- Of Beaches, Monkeys and Good Old Days: How Social Media Race-Talk is Dismantling the 'Rainbow Nation' / Shepherd Mpofu. |
| Abstract | "This book explores the role and place of popular, traditional and digital media platforms in the mediatization, representation and performance of various conflicts and peacebuilding interventions in the African context. The role of the media in conflict is often depicted as either 'good' (as symbolized by peace journalism) and 'bad' (as exemplified by war journalism), but this book moves beyond this binary to highlight the 'in-between' role that the media often plays in times of conflict. The volume does not only focus on the relationship between mass media, conflict and peacebuilding processes but it broadens its scope by critically analysing the dynamic and emergent roles of popular and digital media platforms in a continent where the semi-literate and oral communities still rely heavily on popular communication platforms to get news and information. Whilst social media platforms have been hailed for their assumed democratic and digital dividends, this book does not only focus on these positive aspects but also shines a light on dark forms of participation which are fuelling racial, gender, ethnic, political and religious conflicts in highly polarized and stratified societies. Highlighting the many ways in which traditional, digital and popular media can be used to both escalate conflicts and promote peacebuilding, this study will be a useful resource for students, researchers and civil society groups interested in peace and conflict studies, journalism and media studies in different contexts within Africa"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2020044548 |
| ISBN | 9780367360283 (hardback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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