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Construir la democracia y la paz también desde la comunicación

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:52:10 GMT

Alejandro Alfonzo

?Que las generaciones que llegan a un paso de nosotros no nos acusen de silencio cuando tan perentoria es nuestra voz. En pie de paz, infatigables en la resistencia, a favor de la democracia auténtica. Que nunca puedan decirnos: ?Esperábamos vuestra voz. Y no llegó?. El silencio puede llegar a ser delito.? (Federico Mayor Zaragoza)1

Gender, communication and peace

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:50:29 GMT

Sarah Macharia

In every society the stories repeat themselves: ?Iraq: Women face increased violence in Kurdistan?,1 ??Honor killing? in Italy spurs quest for justice?,2 ?UN: Brutality Against Women in Congo ?Beyond Rape??,3 ?Problem of Domestic Violence in Europe?,4 ?Stopping Sexual Abuse of Children? [the girl child in Russia].5 Beginning a discussion on peace with accounts about ?violence against women? ? as these practices are characteristically classified ? may appear odd, however it is almost impossible to reflect on peace without evoking its opposite.

Peacemaking in the world of film

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:49:14 GMT

Jolyon Mitchell

Why is peacemaking such an apparent rarity in the world of film? From the first days of cinema, filmmakers have delighted in offering viewers moving images of conflict and violence. The torrential cascade of cinematic violence is hard to avoid: from boxing fights to violent train robberies, from fencing duals to dramatic executions, from shoot-outs to exploding helicopters. Whether creating cinematic comedies or tragedies, fantasies or histories, filmmakers have found violence an irresistible topic for their craft.

Letters to the past: Iwo Jima and Japanese memory

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:48:00 GMT

Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney

Clint Eastwood?s film Letters from Iwo Jima finds the humanity behind the brutality of war, thus honouring the past and opening hearts in the present, says the acclaimed author of Kamikaze Diaries.

Communication in search of lasting peace

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:46:48 GMT

Hans W. Florin

Throughout all ages peace has been the highest goal of cultures and religions. This longing for peace is like a high mountain. But unlike most mountains on our planet, this dream-mountain of peace has not yet been conquered. The mountain?s peak seems unattainable. Could communication be a force in mastering the challenge for ever evasive peace?

Journalism training and media freedom in Rwanda

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:45:27 GMT

Allan Thompson

Those who work to build the capacity of the media in Rwanda are soon confronted by a conundrum, a sort of journalistic chicken and egg syndrome. Is it possible, or even appropriate, for outside actors to contribute to building the capacity of the media sector in a post-conflict environment where press freedom still faces overwhelming challenges?

Ciudadanía para una cultura de paz

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:43:59 GMT

Carlos A. Camacho Azurduy

No cabe duda de que la revolución electrónica entraña la promesa de grandes y positivos avances con vistas al desarrollo mundial; pero existe también la posibilidad de que agrave efectivamente las desigualdades existentes al ensanchar la brecha de la información y las comunicaciones. ¿Cómo podemos asegurar que la revolución de la información y las comunicaciones, que tiene en Internet su primer motor, promueva la globalización del desarrollo y de la solidaridad del hombre (?).

Juan Pablo II (2002)

Images of the enemy: Post 9/11 reprise

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:40:49 GMT

Brian McNair

The title of this article refers to a book published two decades ago (McNair, 1988) just as the Cold War was coming to an end. Mikhail Gorbachev was still firmly in power and Ronald Reagan was serving out his last months as president of the United States. Peace was breaking out between the superpowers and fears of a nuclear confrontation between east and west were receding after more than four decades of tension.

Female theologians discuss peace-building

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:39:28 GMT

Kerstin Pihl

Do women have a special role in promoting peace and reconciliation? The answer from nine women from seven countries is a convincing ?yes?. They are all theologians who take part in an international course in Jerusalem to study women?s roles in peacebuilding, exchange experiences and learn from each other. The programme gives rich opportunities for meetings with groups and individuals from different religions, thus offering an added value to their weeks of study.

Mediatizing peace

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:38:13 GMT

Georgios Terzis

It all started in 1997. The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the International Campaign to Ban Landmines in recognition of the power of the Internet in mobilising and enlisting worldwide support. From the small town of Putney, Vermont, Jody Williams used her e-mail account to coordinate the more than 700 organisations in over 60 countries that make up the coalition. The same year at a conference in Brussels, Nicholas Negraponte was arguing that the ?Internet will bring world peace by breaking down national borders.?

Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) - An appreciation

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:36:32 GMT

Dave Pomeroy

?En film av Ingmar Bergman.? These words on the opening credits as the house lights dim and the first image is projected onto the screen presage an extraordinary visual/aural/visceral experience. For 63 years (his first screenplay was for Torment in 1944) Bergman?s films have engaged audiences with a potent blend of emotional and intellectual power. Bergman?s death on July 30, 2007 brings a final fade-out to the director many would consider the towering film director of the 20th century. (Although he had significant careers in the theatre and television, it is the corpus of 50 films for which he will be known).

South Africa, media and market

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:34:43 GMT

Scott Lovaas

While the end of Apartheid in South Africa brought the end of state repression and formal censorship of the press, new mechanisms have since replaced the old. Market-driven English daily newspapers continue, through a series of new filters, to limit, shape, and censor ideas for the benefit of the elite private and public sectors. The manufactured, one-dimensional, pro-market world view that results restricts both freedom and democracy. As South Africa enters its second decade of democracy, with newfound freedoms and civil liberties, further evaluation of the relationship between the media, the state, and the market becomes increasingly vital.

Communicators to promote peace

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:43:20 GMT

Cape Town, South Africa - Over 350 communicators and peace advocates in today?s globalised, conflict-ravaged world will gather in Cape Town, South Africa October 6-10 2008, to explore how communication can contribute to building a more peaceful world.

Media terror?

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:24:00 GMT

Robert A. Hackett

Media and terror. Are they really two separate categories? Or two sides of the same hideous coin ? mediated terror, terrorizing media, or simply, media terror?

The oxygen of terrorists

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:22:50 GMT

Metta Spencer

There is a symbiotic relationship between terrorism and the mass media: Stories about terror sell to avid audiences, while they also generate the publicity craved by terrorists. The ethical aspect of this unintended complicity is rarely addressed publicly, for there is no obvious way of avoiding such a convergence of interests. Any plausible solutions seem only to mitigate the problem a bit. This article will reflect on the complicity issue as an ethical challenge.

Media spectacle, fear and terrorism

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:21:34 GMT

Douglas Kellner

Following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, both the U.S. corporate media and the Bush-Cheney administration generated a politics of fear that enabled the administration to push through their right-wing agenda and invade Iraq. The following articles shows how both the Bush-Cheney administration and corporate media in the United States privileged the ?clash of civilizations? model, established a binary dualism between Islamic terrorism and civilization, and largely circulated war fever and retaliatory feelings and discourses that called for and supported military intervention, leading to the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.

Media, terrorism, and a culture of peace

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:20:25 GMT

Jörg Becker

Is there a significant relationship between the mass media, especially the entertainment industries, and the ideal of building a viable culture of peace? The following article argues complicity and the need for radical change.

Media, terrorism, and the politics of fear

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:17:44 GMT

Nancy Snow

?The world that we have to deal with politically is out of reach, out of sight, out of mind.?

Walter Lippmann, Public Opinion (1922)

Issues in the media coverage of terrorism

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:16:29 GMT

Jake Lynch

Tom Lehrer famously gave up the profession of satirist because, he said, the decision by the Nobel Peace Prize committee to bestow the award on Henry Kissinger marked a point where real life had become impossible to satirise. This was after the Nixon Administration, in which Kissinger served as Secretary of State, had ordered ever more violent policies in south-east Asia, where an aerial assault on Vietnam and Cambodia left over two million people dead.