The document discusses peace journalism, including its definitions, principles, and origins. Peace journalism aims to explore the causes of conflicts, resolve conflicts by uniting parties, and give voice to the voiceless. It provides context and considers the consequences of reporting. The concept was developed in the 1960s by Johan Galtung, who said media should focus on peace and structural issues rather than just reporting conflicts. Peace journalism draws from conflict theory and aims to help create awareness and communication between conflicting sides.
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)
