Preface: Why Peace and Why Media - Acknowledgments - Search for Peace: Why Peace Journalism Is Needed Today - Peace Journalism: Definition and History - Peace Journalism: Theoretical Approaches - Populations Affected by Conflict - Violence: Nature of Contemporary Warfare and Media's Contribution to Covering Violence - Journalists Learn to Work with Citizen Journalists - How to Search for Truth When There Are Lies, Bias, and Propaganda - Activism and Social Media - How Governments Use Media During Conflict - Action Plan: Teaching Peace Journalism - The Future: Dialogue - Appendix.
Leara D. Rhodes holds a Ph.D. in international communication from Temple University, Philadelphia and is currently Associate Professor in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia. She is the recipient of honors and awards that include Fulbright to Haiti and several diversity awards. Her two previous books are Democracy and the Role of the Haitian Media and Ethnic Media: Reshaping the American Dream.
