[ecrea] Peace Journalism Call for Papers

25th IPRA CONFERENCE GENERAL CALL FOR PAPERS

25th IPRA GENERAL CONFERENCE on the OCCASION of 50th ANNIVERSARY of IPRA

Uniting for Peace: Building Sustainable Peace Through Universal Values

in cooperation with Sakarya University

ISTANBUL, TURKEY

August 10-14 2014





Peace Journalism Commission



Call for Papers



Communication for Peace



The relationship between communication and peace is comprised of several 
distinct aspects, including (among many others) the way in which peace 
and attempts to build peace are (or are not) reported by the news media; 
the role of local media in threatening and bolstering peace, democracy 
and good governance; and the forms of communication beyond journalism, 
including film and theatre, as well as a plethora of services and 
applications using mobile and online technologies.

As a subject this complex nexus thus ought to be analyzed not only from 
the perspective of the legacy media, or limited to the examination of 
journalism, but also from a number of other vantage points, including 
the legal frameworks that regulate media landscapes (especially in 
post-conflict societies), policies and normative frameworks that inform 
information interventions and communication strategies of major actors 
within peace and conflict, alternative and newly emerging forms of 
communication, and the effects of communication on audiences.



Some of these aspects have been explored in the literature more 
extensively than others. Much research to date has focused on the role 
of communication in dealing with conflict escalation and crisis 
intervention, but little on issues of de-escalation of conflict and 
peacebuilding, despite widespread recognition of its importance. Equally 
as importantly, there have been few attempts to tie these threads 
together to describe the relationship between communication and peace in 
a more comprehensive manner.



As such, in addition to contributions focusing on peace journalism, we 
hope to encourage participants to submit proposals that study also other 
aspects of the intersection between communication and peace, bringing 
together relevant, but so far usually isolated streams of research to 
contribute to the emergence of a more integrated research agenda.



Such contributions could for example address one of the following topics:



·         News coverage and peace

·          Discourse and cultures of peace

·         Public information of peace operations

·         The use of Outcome-oriented media for peacebuilding

·         Media and conflict prevention

·          Re-building post-conflict media

·         ICT for peace

·         Community Theatre for Peace

·         Citizen media initiatives for peace



Contributors are invited to submit a title and a 250-word abstract by 
February 16 2014

All submissions must be sent electronically in Word format to the IPRA 
Secretariat and conference co-ordinators   (secretary-general /at/ iprapeace.org)

Notification of acceptance will be sent following the blind review process

Completed papers will be due by  July  15 2014



For more info about the IPRA conference check out the conference web 
page: http://ipra2014.org/?page_id=20

For info about IPRA check the IPRA web site: http://www.iprapeace.org/



Description: UP_LOGOco-convener: Dr. Julia Hoffmann

Assistant Professor Human Rights, Media & Conflict

University for Peace (www.upeace.org)

(506) 22059073










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