Peace Journalism in East Africa: A Manual for Media Practitioners

ISBN-13: 9781032338279 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 112 str.

Fredrick Ogenga

Opis

This concise edited collection explores the practice of Peace Journalism in East Africa, focusing specifically on the unique political and economic contexts of Uganda and Kenya.  This cutting-edge research book is a valuable resource for academics in journalism, media studies, communication, peace and conflict studies, and sociology.

Spis treści

Introduction Fredrick Ogenga Chapter One The Peace Journalism Approach Steven Youngblood Chapter Two Peace Journalism in the LRA Conflict Gloria Laker Chapter Three Thinking about Community Radio and Beyond for Conflict Management in The North Rift: A Concept Paper Fredrick Ogenga Chapter Four Hybrid Peace Journalism: Institutional Philosophical Approaches to Peace and Security in Africa Fredrick Ogenga Chapter Five Re-Situating Local Mass Media: A Tool for Peacebuilding among the Abakuria in Kenya John Oluoch Chapter Six Media and Peace in Kenya: Do Journalists Need Different Skills? Victor Bwire Chapter Seven Toward a Peace and Human Rights Approach to Journalism: In Search of Social Justice in Post-Conflict Situations in Africa Jacinta Mwende Maweu Afterword: East Africa Peace Journalism Steven Youngblood Appendices

O autorze

Fredrick Ogenga is Associate Professor of Communication and Media Studies; Founding Director, Center for Media, Democracy, Peace and Security, Rongo University; and President of the Peacemaker Corps Foundation Kenya. Ogenga is championing a pan-African journalistic institutional approach for conflict prevention and peacebuilding.