Bringing together contributions from a team of international scholars, this pioneering book applies theories and approaches from linguistics, such as discourse analysis and pragmatics, to analyse the media and online political discourses of both conflict and peace processes. By analysing case studies as globally diverse as Germany, the USA, Nigeria, Iraq, Korea and Libya, and across a range of genres such as TV news channels, online reporting and traditional newspapers, the chapters collectively show how news discourse can be powerful in mobilizing public support for war or violence, or for conflict resolution, through the linguistic representation of certain groups. It explores the consequences of this 'framing' effect, and shows how peace journalism can be achieved through a non-violent approach to reporting conflict. It will therefore serve as an essential resource for students, scholars and experts in media and communication studies, conflict and peace studies, international relations, linguistics and political science.
While research into media representations of conflict is gaining traction, studies of the power of the media to contribute to peaceful and sustained resolution of conflicts is not widespread. Hence, the book will be of great interest to students and scholars of a wide variety of disciplines.
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This book applies approaches in linguistics to analyse the role of news media in conflict and peace processes.
Preface Ramsbotham Oliver; Introduction: Media, conflict and
peace-building Innocent Chiluwa;
1. Elian Gonzalez in New York times: Media
roles in the trajectories of international conflict Mark Finney and Sarah
Fisher;
2. The construction of threat of 'Islamist terrorism' in German
newspapers Enis Bicer, Lina Brink, Alejandra Nieves Camacho;
3. 'Herdsmen are
terrorists': Analysing news headlines on the herder-farmer conflict in the
Nigerian press Innocent Chiluwa, Isioma M. Chiluwa, Angie O. Igbinoba;
4.
Covering the war on Iraq: The pragmatics of framing and visual rhetoric in
newspaper war photographs Ahmed Sahlane;
5. Making a case for war: CNN and
the representations of humanitarianism, Gadhafi and NATO in the 2011 bombing
of Libya Ada Peter, Innocent Chiluwa;
6. 'The situation on the Korean
Peninsula': Voice of America and China radio international on China and the
USA about the North Korean Conflict Valerie A. Cooper;
7. Against a
hard-earned peace: (De)legitimation discourses of political violence in
online press statements of dissident Republicans in post conflict Northern
Ireland Stephen Golding;
8. Ideological exclusion: Defining the (dis)believer
in online extremist Muslim periodical Dabiq and Inspire Troy E. Spier;
9.
Violence for social change: An analysis of #feesmustfall movement in South
Africa Fiona Chawana, Ufuoma Akpojivi;
10. The language of peace in conflict
transformation: A critical analysis of The New York Times' coverage of the
Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement and its role in the discursive context of
the Oslo negotiations Giuliana Tiripelli;
11. The historical context in media
narratives in search of peaceful resolution to the Israel-Palestine conflict:
A comparative study of BBC and Aljazeera Jelena Timotijevic;
12. From peace
talks to military operation: Pakistani newspapers' representation of the TTP
conflict Lubna Shaheen, Muhammad Tarique;
13. From collision to diplomatic
compromise: 'We are sorry' one official utterance, different
interpretations in the Chinese and US mainstream news coverage of the 2001
mid-air plane collision Lutgard Lams;
14. Constructing identities in crisis
situations: A study of the 'volunteer' in the Spanish and English press Marķa
del Mar Sįnchez Ramos; Conclusion Innocent Chiluwa.
Innocent Chiluwa is Professor of English Linguistics (Discourse Analysis) and Media/Digital Communications in the Department of Languages & General Studies, Covenant University, Ota (Nigeria). His recent publications include Discourse and Conflict (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021), and Activism, Campaigning and Political Discourse on Twitter (Nova Science, 2019).
