Media Coverage Of Conflict Research Articles

Features of Constructing Representations Regarding Intractable Intergroup Conflicts in the Russian and Ukrainian Media Discourse

The phenomenon of intractable intergroup conflict is being actively studied in modern foreign psychology. The study of conflicts of this type is now becoming especially important due to the increase in their number in today’s reality. Of great importance are the works of the Israeli scientific school, which considers the phenomena of the ethos of the conflict, the collective memory of the conflict and the collective emotional orientation, which are the basis for interpreting information about the conflict situation. Despite the large number of models and approaches, there are still quite a few gaps in the research of intractable conflicts (for example, there is no generally accepted definition of an intractable conflict, and many research methods are poorly operationalized). The representations regarding an intractable conflict in the Russian and Ukrainian media discourse are analyzed. The ways of constructing such representations in the media discourse are considered through a reference to the socio-psychological infrastructure of the conflict. The main research method was critical discourse analysis in the interpretation of J. Potter and M. Weatherell. It was found that in both Russian and Ukrainian media discourse representations regarding the conflict were constructed through references to the ethos of the conflict: in particular, through the justification of group goals, the presentation of the opponent’s actions as illegitimate and unfair, the victimization of opposition groups, and the maintenance of positive image of the group. It was revealed that in both Russian and Ukrainian media there are references to collective memory, but the frequency of their occurrence does not allow to talk about a trend. The results can be used to develop measures to reduce bias in media coverage of conflicts. The prospects for further research are discussed, in particular, the analysis of intractable conflict representations in audiences of different media and their comparison with those repertoires that have been identified in the media discourse.

Media in conflict or conflict in media: examining media coverage of conflict in Northeast India

The paper looks at how media engages with the issue of framing movements in the northeastern state of Manipur. The focus of the paper is on the demand for Inner Line Permit in Manipur that landed the state into conflict between the communities of the state. The passing of the three bills, as discussed in the paper, by the state government has snowballed into ethnic tensions and re-opened the hill–valley divide in this northeastern state. By using frame analysis, the paper intends to explicate the issue of media framing within the socio-political context of the state. The paper then engages with the process in which local media frames movements that are diametrically opposed to one another. The study further reveals that the local media in Manipur are greatly influenced by the local politics and remain integral to it.

Towards a Reinterpretation of Information Communication Technologies' Impact on Command and Control

Taylor and Francis LtdFDEF_A_233795.sgm10.1080/14702430701339013Defence Studies1470-2436 (print)/1743-9698 (online)Original Article2007Taylor & Francis72000000June 2007Lieutenant-colonel Dr DavidVersaillesdversailles@cr-ea.netThe implementation of information and communication technologies(ICTs) impacts the distribution of responsibility in the command andcontrol (C2) chain. In some cases the introduction of new technologies mayfavour centralization; in others, they represent the source of new forms ofdelegation and decentralization. The various levels of the hierarchy may ormany not take better decisions because they gain access to detailed dataabout the tactical situation. The introduction of a new ICT-related systemresults in diverse impacts and it turns out that the technologies cannot inthemselves explain the new delegation processes.Command and control systems have become always more complex forthe last 20 years. The distinction between strategic, operational and tacticallevels has been widely considered as an accurate way to analyze delegatedactions because it grounds the relations in the separation political responsi-bilities and military ones. The distinction between each level of thehierarchy has become more complex since the end of the Cold War. Itvaries considerably with the context and the composition of the coalition. Italso depends on the rules of engagement (ROE) which define the degree ofcoercion allowed by governments. The borderlines between the preroga-tives associated with the tactical, operational and strategic levels have nowblurred. The speed of information flow and the mass media coverage ofconflict both increase the strategic effects of each decision made at the

The Study of Religions and Interfaith Encounter

AbstractThe varied national and international events marking the centenary of the 1893 Chicago Parliament of Religions culminating in the gathering of about seven thousand five hundred people in Chicago in 1993 have involved many academics. Their presence raises afresh the issue of the relationship between the scholarly study of religions and meetings for interfaith encounter. The scholar can be seen as a participant observer in an area of religious activity of considerable interest and importance in the contemporary world. He or she can also be an advisor and consultant in the interfaith process, helping to raise and analyse questions about the balance of participants and the style of discourse being used. Interfaith activity can both change the scholar and be changed by his or her presence in a parallel way to that of the anthropologist in the field. The scholar of religion finds considerable interest in how, at interfaith gatherings, members of religions define and articulate their religion's essence, select and use teachings and scriptural passages. The reporting of meetings at which members of different faiths share ideas and sometimes worship acts as a positive balance to negative media coverage of conflict and intolerance associated with religions. But there is a need for careful and critical examination of an interfaith confessionalism which may develop at such meetings.

Mass Media Coverage of Conflict and Civil Disorder: Pseudo-events as Agents for Change

This critique of the relationship between media and social change reviews both the nature of the pseudo event as originally analyzed by American social historian Daniel Boorstin, and the relatively few systematic studies and essays on how news about such events may have affected social behavior, political power and history. Minority movements involving confrontation with police seeking to preserve established order are examined in the context of news communication, social and political causes and in some cases violence. This analysis casts considerable scepticism on the short-range impact of pseudo events, but offers a longer historical look at citizen participation in democracies, problems of substituting symbols for complex issues, and the clash of minorities and disorder with the resistance of the established majority. This article assembles both sporadic essays and commentaries along with more systematic studies, many of which were contemporary observations at the time when the events occurred. The in...

Reporters Under Fire: U.S. Media Coverage of Conflicts in Lebanon and Central America. Landrum R. Bolling, Ed. Boulder, CO: Westview Press; 1985

Reporters Under Fire: U.S. Media Coverage of Conflicts in Lebanon and Central America. Landrum R. Bolling, Ed. Boulder, CO: Westview Press; 1985

Reporters under fire: U.S. media coverage of conflicts in Lebanon and Central America

Reporters under fire: U.S. media coverage of conflicts in Lebanon and Central America