Impact of communication and the media on ethnic conflict / edited by Steven Gibson and Agnes Lucy Lando.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Approaches to the study of Ethnic Conflict from the Perspective of Communication and Media Studies. Inspiring Hate: AQAP's Inspire Publication / Randall Rogan -- Role of Traditional and New Media in Ethnic Conflict in Nigeria's Middle Belt Region: A Primer on Peace Building and Community Development / Bala A. Musa -- Efficacy of Narrative/Discourse Analysis, and Autoethnographic Research Methods in Communication/Media and Ethnic Conflict Studies: A Reflection on Research About Rwandan Former Refugees and Genocide Survivors (FRGSs) / Seif Sekalala -- Shared Perspectives in Ethnic Conflict: Sharing Theoretical Knowledge across Multiple Disciplines / Steven Gibson, Darla Anderson -- Recursive Inter-Ethnic Violence and the Failure of Development Communication in Africa / Charles Chiedu Okigbo -- New Media Impacts: How media and communication technologies impact Ethnic Conflict. Flipping the script: Newspaper reporting of the Trayvon Martin shooting / Chad Painter, Erin Willis -- Elite Communication and Legitimization of Violence during Inter-group Conflicts / Sonia Jawaid Shaikh -- Using Media to Resolve Media Engendered Ethnic Conflicts in Multiracial Societies: The Case of Somalis of Kenyan Origin / Agnes Lucy Lando -- Islamaphobic Discourse and Interethnic Conflict:The Influence of News Media Coverage of the ISIS Beheadings on Identity Processes and Intergroup Attitudes / Bobbi J. Van Gilder, Zach B. Massey -- #BostonStrong: Exploratory Research of Twitter Impression Management / Benjamin Brojakowski -- Continuing Down the Streets of Paris: Memorialization, Representation, and Silence / Julianna Kirschner -- Postracial Justice and the Trope of the " Riot" / Jennifer Heusel -- Ethnic Conflict Interventions: Understanding efforts at reducing or preventing Ethnic Conflict. The Amplification of the Sunni-Shia Divide through Contemporary Communications Technology: Fear and Loathing in the Modern Middle East / George A. Stairs -- Art, Values, and Conflict Waged in Satirical Cartoons: The 10-Year Rhetorical Crisis / Z. Hall -- Traditional African Culture and Communication: The Missing Link in Cattle Rustling Interventions Among Pastoralist Communities in Northern Kenya / Agnes Lucy Lando, Samuel Kochomay -- Transforming Conflict in the Hands and Hearts of Communities in Kenya: Understanding the Relevance of Amani Mashinani Model / Eddah Mutua, Susan Kilonzo -- Communicating Peace through Sports: What Works, and What Doesn't Work in Peace Races / Samuel Kochomay. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------.

"This book focuses on both the positive and negative outcomes of communication and media usage, as well as the overall perceptions of these elements, within conflicting populations, featuring theoretical perspectives on various inter-group interaction experiences within contemporary ethnic controversies"-- Provided by publisher.