Expanding Peace Journalism

Ibrahim Seaga Shaw is a senior lecturer in media and politics at Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne.Jake Lynch is an associate professor of peace and conflict studies at the University of Sydney.Robert A. Hackett is a professor of communications at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver.

• Preface by Johan GaltungIntroduction: expanding peace journalism – comparative and critical approaches by Jake Lynch, Robert A. Hackett and Ibrahim Seaga ShawPart 1: conceptualising peace journalism – limitations and extensions1. New vistas for peace journalism: alternative media and communication rights by Robert A. Hackett2. International security and language: expanding the peace journalism framework by Birgit Brock-Utne3. ‘Human rights journalism’: a critical conceptual framework of a complementary strand of peace journalism by Ibrahim Seaga Shaw4. Empathy and ethics: journalistic representation and its consequences by Annabel McGoldrickPart 2: case studies – peace journalism in wartime and peacebuilding5. Documenting war, visualising peace: towards peace photography by Stuart Allan6. Oligarchy reloaded and pirate media: the state of peace journalism in Guatemala by Lioba Suchenwirth and Richard Lance Keeble7. The gaze of the US and Indian media on terror in Mumbai: a comparative analysis by Sudeshna Roy and Susan Dente Ross8. Peace journalism: critical discourse case study – media and the plan for Swedish and Norwegian defence cooperation by Stig A. Nohrstedt and Rune Ottosen9. Conflict reporting and peace journalism: in search of a new model – lessons from the Nigerian Niger-Delta crisis by Matt Mogekwu10. Peace process or just peace deal? The media’s failure to cover peace by Virgil HawkinsPart 3: agencies and openings for change11. Can the centre hold? Prospects for mobilising media activism around public service broadcasting using peace journalism by Jake Lynch12. Globalisation of compassion: women’s narratives as models for peace journalism by Elissa J. Tivona13. Examining the ‘dark past’ and ‘hopeful future’ in representations of race and Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission by Peter A. Chow-White and Rob McMahonNotes on contributorsIndex

' ... given how vast the field is, Expanding Peace Journalism certainly offers an excellent account of peace journalism, providing much-needed empirical and critical research, and is particularly valuable for students and scholars wanting to understand the state of the art and the seemingly limitless possibilities for future studies in peace journalism.'