1st Edition
The News Media In National And International Conflict
250 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
250 Pages
by
Routledge
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Ironically, as telecommunications technology—the embodiment of modernity—advances, bringing people in different nations into more direct contact during conflict situations, traditional cultural factors become increasingly important as differing ways of thinking and acting collide. The mass media can be seen as a factor in the creation of international conflict; they also, claim many scholars, are... Read more
Also of Interest -- Introduction -- Communication, Conflict, and Storylines: The News Media as Actors in a Cultural Context -- Perspectives on Communication and Conflict -- Salvation through Communication? -- Communication, World Order, and the Human Potential: Toward an Ethical Framework -- New Communications Technology and Media Power -- Events, Pseudo-Events, Media Events: Image Politics and the Future of International Diplomacy -- The News Media in International Conflict -- Television in International Conflict -- The Role of the Media in the U.S.-Iranian Conflict -- Treating the Indo-Pakistan Conflict: The Role of Indian Newspapers and Magazines -- The People’s Daily and Nixon’s Visit to China -- National Level Conflict and the Media -- The Cultural Role of the Media in Iran: The Revolution of 1978–79 and after -- The Roles Played by the National and International Press in the Management of the Sri Lankan Insurrection of 1971 -- Journalistic “Paradigms” of Civil Protests: A Case Study in Hong Kong -- Media Evaluations and Group Power -- The Media Mix: TV and Social Conflict -- Conclusion -- The News Media as Third Parties in National and International Conflict: Duobus Litigantibus Tertius Gaudet
Biography
"Dr. Andrew Arno is a former research associate at the East-West Center. He holds advanced degrees in social anthropology and law and has taught at the City University of New York and the University of Rhode Island. Dr. Wimal Dissanayake is a research associate at the Institute of Culture and Communication (formerly the Communication Institute) and coordinator of the Humanities Forum at the East-West Center. He is the author of Communications Research and Cultural Values (1982) and Continuity and Change in Communication Systems (in press) and is consulting and contributing editor to the Journal of Communication."
