Peace Through Media

Leara D. Rhodes

ISBN 10: 1433130246 / ISBN 13: 9781433130243

Published by Peter Lang Publishing Inc, US, 2017

About this Item

This book equips students and practicing journalists with information on why and how to implement a course of action for Peace Journalism. Secondary literature and primary examples are used within all chapters to offer a personal examination of the importance of applying concepts of Peace Journalism in the field as journalists cover conflict. Peace Through Media also identifies how journalism and political science are merging in areas related to conflict resolution. By understanding how both the journalists and the political scientists think about Peace Journalism, collaboration may follow and the benefits of finding peaceful resolutions to conflicts may be a possibility.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Peace Through Media
• Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc, US
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1433130246
• ISBN 13: 9781433130243
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 310 grams

About this title

Synopsis

This book equips students and practicing journalists with information on why and how to implement a course of action for Peace Journalism. Secondary literature and primary examples are used within all chapters to offer a personal examination of the importance of applying concepts of Peace Journalism in the field as journalists cover conflict. Peace Through Media also identifies how journalism and political science are merging in areas related to conflict resolution. By understanding how both the journalists and the political scientists think about Peace Journalism, collaboration may follow and the benefits of finding peaceful resolutions to conflicts may be a possibility.

About the Author

Leara D. Rhodes holds a Ph.D. in international communication from Temple University, Philadelphia and is currently Associate Professor in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia. She is the recipient of honors and awards that include Fulbright to Haiti and several diversity awards. Her two previous books are Democracy and the Role of the Haitian Media and Ethnic Media: Reshaping the American Dream.