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Zusatztext 'Among the book's strengths are the illuminating responses to interviews conducted with Malukan editors and reporters.' - Alexandra Wake! Melbourne's RMIT University! Melbourne! Australia; Global Media Journal! 2013."This first book by Steve Sharp! a former journalist and media and journalism educator! attempts to do quite a number of things! many of them very well. An examination of how two Jakarta dailies! Kompas and Republika! dealt with the cultural dimensions of the "full-scale communal war in the Maluku Province!" the book advances the hypothesis that "media workers- far from being disinterested purveyors of unproblematic truths- are implicated in the creation and spread of ideas and images that shape the political discourses that exacerbate violent conflict" (p. 2)." - Janet Steele! Indonesia! Number 97! April 2014! pp.139-141. Informationen zum Autor Steve Sharp has over 20 years' experience as a journalist and as a media and journalism educator and has recently completed a PhD at Griffith University! Gold Coast. His professional reportage can be found on telingamedia.com! a site covering the history! politics! arts and culture of the southwest Pacific. Klappentext "This book examines! through the case study of Indonesia over recent decades! how the reporting of violence can drive the escalation of violence! and how journalists can alter their reporting practices in order to have the opposite effect and promote peace"--Supplied by publisher. Zusammenfassung This book examines, through the case study of Indonesia over recent decades, how the reporting of violence can drive the escalation of violence, and how journalists can alter their reporting practices in order to have the opposite effect and promote peace. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. Communication and Culture 3. Media Freedom and Journalistic Culture in Post-New Order Indonesia 4. Violence, Culture and National Disintegration in Indonesia 5. Culture Wars in Indonesia: Maluku 6. Framing Religious Conflict: Primordialism Writ Large 7. War and Peace Journalism ...