Journalism and conflict in Indonesia : from reporting violence to promoting peace / / Steve Sharp

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910779435603321
• Autore: Sharp Steve
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013
• ISBN: 1-136-21344-9; 0-203-09539-1; 1-283-87178-5; 1-136-21345-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (271 p.)
• Collana: Routledge contemporary Southeast Asia series ; ; 53
• Disciplina: 302.2309598
• Soggetti: Journalism - Social aspects - Indonesia; Violence - Press coverage - Indonesia; Social conflict - Press coverage - Indonesia; Conflict management - Press coverage - Indonesia; Peace-building - Press coverage - Indonesia; Mass media and peace - Indonesia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Journalism and Conflict in Indonesia: From reporting violence to promoting peace; Copyright; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Journalism and violence; Methodological issues; The chapters; From primordialism to peace journalism; 2 Communication and culture; Communication-as-culture; Globalism and media development; Communicating conflict; 3 Media freedom and journalistic culture in post-New Order Indonesia; The legacy of the Pancasila press in Indonesia; Democratic ideology among journalists in Indonesia; Culture and freedom in the newsroom; 4 Violence, culture and national disintegration in IndonesiaPolitical violence and the discourse of national disintegration; War and the construction of ethnic identities; Centre-periphery cultural politics in Indonesia, 1998 - 2000; 5 Culture wars in Indonesia: Maluku; The Maluku Wars' geometry of violence; Faith and politics in the Maluku firestorm; Localising global discourses on 'holy war'; 6 Framing ; religious conflict: Primordialism writ large; The unnaming of combatants; Security personnel and their media masks; National news media and paramilitary mobilisation; 7 War and peace journalismWar, identity, economy; The underground press surfaces; Pancasila press goes 'communal'; Transitional media ethics; Reviving development communication; Summary of conclusions; Appendix: English translations of Fauzan's 'kidnapping' stories; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: "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"--Supplied by publisher.