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[Commlist] New book: Reporting Conflict and Peace in Cyprus: Journalism Matters

Thu Apr 14 20:05:47 GMT 2022




BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT:

Sanem Şahin is pleased to announce the publication of her new book, ‘Reporting Conflict and Peace in Cyprus: Journalism Matters’ (Palgrave MacMillan, 2022).

LINK

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-95010-1 <https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-95010-1>

DESCRIPTION

The book studies journalism in Cyprus to understand how journalists negotiate their roles and responsibilities in conflict-affected societies. In Cyprus, journalism has navigated through the pressures and challenges of intercommunal and political tensions. The book outlines a historical context of the conflict, also known as the Cyprus problem and discusses the news media's involvement in it. However, the primary concern is journalists' perceptions of their professional roles and external forces affecting their work. It examines the impact of political, economic and organisational influences, media ownership and technological developments on their work through interviews conducted with journalists. It studies professional and ethical challenges journalists experience, especially when reporting intercommunal relations. Finally, it explores the impact of digital media on journalism and the public debate on the Cyprus problem.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 1. Understanding Journalism
 2. News Media and the Conflict in Cyprus
 3. Journalistic Roles in Cyprus
 4. The Peace Process and Journalism in Cyprus
 5. Digital Journalism in Cyprus

Sanem Şahin is a Senior Lecturer in the School of English and Journalism at the University of Lincoln, UK. Her research interests include peace and conflict reporting, journalistic roles, national identity and marginalised communities.

“This is a massively researched, theoretically rich, historically rooted study of the multiple ways in which the media have handled the still on-going nationalistic rivalries and peace process in Cyprus. But in stressing the ethical responsibilities of both professional and non-professional journalists, Sanem Şahin shows how the media can be utilised to transcend the stereotyping of ‘us’ versus ‘them’ dichotomies and promote, instead, understanding and reconciliation between the Greek and Turkish communities. While the focus throughout is on Cyprus, the findings of this are of global significance.” (Richard Lance Keeble, Professor of Journalism, University of Lincoln, UK)

“Reporting Conflict and Peace in Cyprus: Journalism Matters is precious because it shows how conflict intensifies the many tensions that journalism has to face, with its entanglement between ideology and the temptations to give in to othering, and with the contradictions between a commitment to truth and the loyalty to the community (and the state), all within an incessant flux of economic and political pressures that are still met with courageous resistance. The book is at its strongest not only when it convincingly demonstrates that there is not one journalism, but also when it shows the damage that war does to entire societies and their journalisms. Still, the book never gives in to hopelessness, but stubbornly persists in offering future perspectives for Cypriot journalisms.” (Nico Carpentier, Extraordinary Professor, Charles University, Prague)


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