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In discussing the perspectives of peace activists in the field, and their relation with the mainstream media, this book explains how journalism can support conflict transformation in Palestine. It also contains interviews with professional journalists, who discuss the difficulties inherent in practicing a different journalism.
List of contents
Introduction
1. Media and Change
2. Peace After the Intifada
3. Grassroots Visions of Peace
4. The Media Seen from Below
5. Journalists Covering Palestine: Old and New Perspectives
6. Journalists and Their Profession
Conclusions: A Strategy for Peace Journalism
About the author
Giuliana Tiripelli is Assistant Professor in Digital Journalism & Media Discourse at the Leicester Media School, De Montfort University, UK.
Summary
In exploring the dynamics and narratives of peace in journalism, this book explains the media's impact on the transformation of the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. The interviews included in this study contribute towards the model of Peace Journalism, with a view to facilitating its successful application to this conflict.
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“In this thought-provoking book, Tiripelli explicitly sets out to underscore the role of grassroots peace voices in transforming dominant media narratives that justify and perpetuate the Israel–Palestine conflict. … Media and Peace in the Middle East does offer a transformative model linking media with social change, and might definitely be of interest to scholars from various interdisciplinary fields dealing with the constitutive role of discourse in effecting social change, conflict resolution studies, educational discourse and social change.” (Dalia Gavriely-Nuri, Discourse & Society, Vol. 29 (2), 2018)
“Giuliana Tiripelli discusses the power and the role of the media in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. … this book deals with the very complex topic of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict as it tries to explain the role of journalism or rather peace journalism in it. The ideas postulated in this book constitute an ideal project to make peace journalism a substantial and tangible contribution to this decades – long conflict … .” (Nataša Bakić-Mirić, European Journal of Communication, Vol. 32 (06), 2018)
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"In this thought-provoking book, Tiripelli explicitly sets out to underscore the role of grassroots peace voices in transforming dominant media narratives that justify and perpetuate the Israel-Palestine conflict. ... Media and Peace in the Middle East does offer a transformative model linking media with social change, and might definitely be of interest to scholars from various interdisciplinary fields dealing with the constitutive role of discourse in effecting social change, conflict resolution studies, educational discourse and social change." (Dalia Gavriely-Nuri, Discourse & Society, Vol. 29 (2), 2018)
"Giuliana Tiripelli discusses the power and the role of the media in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. ... this book deals with the very complex topic of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as it tries to explain the role of journalism or rather peace journalism in it. The ideas postulated in this book constitute an ideal project to make peace journalism a substantial and tangible contribution to this decades - long conflict ... ." (Natasa Bakic-Miric, European Journal of Communication, Vol. 32 (06), 2018)
