A Research on the Role Played by Local and International Media into Conflict Management

Ibrahim T I Ukka,Bienmali Kombate

doi:10.11648/j.ijsdr.20190504.12

Abstract

While several scholar had drew their study focusing on the role of media into conflict management, few have pay attention to the types, levels, and phases of the conflict. Looking to fulfill the research gap, this study aimed to investigate the effect of media into conflict management focusing on the level of media. Israel and Palestine conflict was use as a case study and to frame the analysis, the research data were collected through a series of questionnaires. As concluded by previous scholars, local media are a potential tool of deescalating in global conflict, in line with these literatures, our finding show that local media are source of peace building and conflict deescalating however international media interfere into conflict management according to their national interest and as an instrument of influencing foreign policy to the parties involve. We finally concluded that the current and future relationship and level of tension between Israel and Palestine could be predict by Al jazera.

Highlights

Media scholars and researchers, public opinions and viewpoints and observers have always accused both local and international media and journalists of having, at best; put oil on fire, at worst, fomenting the conflict
To analyze the role of media both international and local in conflict management in this paper, we opted for exploratory research design which is commonly perceived as information retrieval tool for processing of one or more information within a complex document environment, in order to answer a question or solve a problem [38,39]
On the 251 participants in this study, only 22.7% supports the statement that International Media play the role of “negotiation with actors” in a conflict and 49.8% disagree with the statement, but, 50.2% of the interviewees confirmed that International Media doesn't play the role of Mass education in a conflict against 19.9%

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Introduction

Public opinions and viewpoints and observers have always accused both local and international media and journalists of having, at best; put oil on fire, at worst, fomenting the conflict. Regard to this issue, lack of studies have been undertake to seek to understand on how they affected through their report on the conflict management. The role of media in conflict management continues to evolve, as it requires a more comprehensive and general understanding of these aspects into conflict management. The role of media and the dynamics of geopolitical conflicts is a complicated and important problem.

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