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TAHIRA ANWAR
Peace Journalism
MS Media Studies
Course Instructor: Dr. Shabbir
•Definitions of Peace Journalism
• Generally, the term is identified as lack of
conflict.
• According to Dr. Galtung, there is positive
and negative peace.
• Positive Peace: where basic civil rights,
such as, justice, harmony and equality
prevail.
• Negative Peace: no conflict.
What is Peace Journalism?
• American Press Institute: The activity of
gathering, assessing, creating, and
presenting news and information.
• Oxford Dictionary: The activity or
profession of writing for newspapers,
magazines or news websites or preparing
news to be broadcast.
What is Peace Journalism?
• When choices are made by reporter and
editors about what and how to report.
• Up gradation of concepts of balance,
fairness and accuracy in reporting, using
insights of conflict analysis.
Peace Journalism by Dr Lynch & Mc Goldrick
• Key elements include:
• PJ is proactive, explores the causes of
conflict
• PJ looks to resolve the conflict and tries to
unite the parties
• PJ reporters seek truth and reject
propaganda
• PJ is balanced, gives voice to the voiceless
and covers issues comprehensively.
Principles of Peace Journalism
• PJ provides indepth analysis and context
• PJ considers the consequences of their
reporting.
• Usage of words is careful and meaningful
• Items to be reported and their images are
selected with care and reason.
• PJ offers counter-narrative unlike usual
media supremacy.
Principles of Peace Journalism Contind:
• Examples quoted of traditional reporting
and peace journalism reporting
• Framing and word choice
• The concept was given by Dr. Johan Galtung
in early 1960s’ who is also known as
“Father of Academic Peace Studies”.
• He said that “Journalists have to learn to
write about peace and core structural
issues, and to focus on common people”
(Interview, November 2015)
Origins of Peace Journalism
• Conflict: Human interaction where two or
more parties have incompatible goals,
needs and interests.
• Third- Party Mediators: Media help to
create awareness and communication,
effects each side’s decisions whether to
hash out or shun them (Samuel Peleg)
• Journalist can work in all three dimensions
of conflict; situation, attitude and behavior.
(Samuel Peleg).
Peace and Conflict Theory
• Structural Violence: societal,
institutionalized violence in which common
man might be deprived from meeting their
basic needs.
• Cultural Violence: when basic entities of
our culture which are which relate to our
existence, like religion, ideology, art can be
used to justify structural violence.
Types of Violence (Dr. Galtung)
Thank you

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Peace journalism ppt

  • 1. BY TAHIRA ANWAR Peace Journalism MS Media Studies Course Instructor: Dr. Shabbir
  • 3. • Generally, the term is identified as lack of conflict. • According to Dr. Galtung, there is positive and negative peace. • Positive Peace: where basic civil rights, such as, justice, harmony and equality prevail. • Negative Peace: no conflict. What is Peace Journalism?
  • 4. • American Press Institute: The activity of gathering, assessing, creating, and presenting news and information. • Oxford Dictionary: The activity or profession of writing for newspapers, magazines or news websites or preparing news to be broadcast. What is Peace Journalism?
  • 5. • When choices are made by reporter and editors about what and how to report. • Up gradation of concepts of balance, fairness and accuracy in reporting, using insights of conflict analysis. Peace Journalism by Dr Lynch & Mc Goldrick
  • 6. • Key elements include: • PJ is proactive, explores the causes of conflict • PJ looks to resolve the conflict and tries to unite the parties • PJ reporters seek truth and reject propaganda • PJ is balanced, gives voice to the voiceless and covers issues comprehensively. Principles of Peace Journalism
  • 7. • PJ provides indepth analysis and context • PJ considers the consequences of their reporting. • Usage of words is careful and meaningful • Items to be reported and their images are selected with care and reason. • PJ offers counter-narrative unlike usual media supremacy. Principles of Peace Journalism Contind:
  • 8. • Examples quoted of traditional reporting and peace journalism reporting • Framing and word choice
  • 9. • The concept was given by Dr. Johan Galtung in early 1960s’ who is also known as “Father of Academic Peace Studies”. • He said that “Journalists have to learn to write about peace and core structural issues, and to focus on common people” (Interview, November 2015) Origins of Peace Journalism
  • 10. • Conflict: Human interaction where two or more parties have incompatible goals, needs and interests. • Third- Party Mediators: Media help to create awareness and communication, effects each side’s decisions whether to hash out or shun them (Samuel Peleg) • Journalist can work in all three dimensions of conflict; situation, attitude and behavior. (Samuel Peleg). Peace and Conflict Theory
  • 11. • Structural Violence: societal, institutionalized violence in which common man might be deprived from meeting their basic needs. • Cultural Violence: when basic entities of our culture which are which relate to our existence, like religion, ideology, art can be used to justify structural violence. Types of Violence (Dr. Galtung)