Debates in peace journalism

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Debates in peace journalism

Jake Lynch ; [with a foreword by Richard Falk]

Sydney University Press, 2008

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-250) and index

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In Debates in Peace Journalism, Jake Lynch traces the major controversies in this emerging field - philosophical, pedagogical and professional - and links his own contributions to them with important new material. The book is intended for those wishing to immerse themselves in the main conceptual currents of peace journalism, and to navigate their own path around some of its rocks and shoals.

Table of Contents

Foreword Introduction Section 1: philosophical debates 1. Peace journalism and its discontents Section 2: pedagogical debates 2. A course in peace journalism 3. Modernisation or participatory development: the emerging divide in journalist training in conflict-affected societies 4. Jurnalisme damai: introducing peace journalism to Indonesia 5. Peace journalism in Poso Section 3: professional debates 6. What's so great about peace journalism? Iran's 'nuclear ambitions' as reported in the UK press 7. Active and passive peace journalism in reporting of the 'war on terrorism' in the Philippines 8. The 'Islam problem' in news journalism and the scope for media activism 9. War journalism and peace journalism in the Holy Land 10. Issues in the media coverage of terrorism 11. Reporting Iraq: what went right? What went wrong? Journalists reflect Conclusion Acknowledgements References Index

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