Journalism and Conflict in Indonesia

From Reporting Violence to Promoting Peace

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

AvSteve Sharp,Australia) Sharp, Steve (Griffith University

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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. It discusses the nature of press freedom in Indonesia from 1966 onwards, considers the relationship between the press and politicians, and explores journalists’ working methods. It goes on to outline in detail the communal wars in eastern Indonesia in the period 1999-2000, arguing that communication as much as physical preparations for violence were key to bringing about the wars, with journalists’ rigid professional routines and newswriting conventions causing them to reproduce and enlarge the battle cries of those at war. The book concludes by advocating a "development communication" approach to journalism in transitional settings, in order to help journalists to counter the disintegrative tendencies of failing states and the communal strife that can result.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2014-06-23
Mått156 x 234 x 20 mm
Vikt500 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieRoutledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series
Antal sidor272
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781138815834

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'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.