Communicating Differences: Culture, Media, Peace and Conflict Negotiation

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Introduction — Communicating Differences: Toward Breaking the Boundaries for Peace and Conflict Research in Communication....Pages 1-11
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
An Intercultural Peacebuilding Framework: Extending the Conversation through a Focus on Connections....Pages 15-28
Reporting the Lee Rigby Murder and Anti-Muslim Hostilities in the UK in 2013: The Cultural Clash Communication and Human Wrongs Journalism Nexus....Pages 29-53
Peacebuilding through Dialogue in Northern Ireland....Pages 54-67
Ethnic Conflicts and Deleuzo-Guattarian Rhizomes of Cultural Affirmation....Pages 68-83
Front Matter....Pages 85-85
What’s in a Name?: Examining Representation of Indian Ethnicities in Bollywood Movies in the New Millennium....Pages 87-103
A Mediterranean Clandestine: A Friend or a Foe?....Pages 104-114
Peace or Conflict Maker: The Role of News Media in South Korea’s Multicultural Society....Pages 115-130
The Construction of Human Rights in US and Chinese Philosophical Discourse....Pages 131-144
Front Matter....Pages 145-145
Narrative, Decolonial Education, and Societal Transformation....Pages 147-167
Pakistani Cultural Characteristics: Updated VSM Scores and Facework Geared towards Increasing Women’s Access to Education....Pages 168-181
Constructing Frostburg’s ‘Cooler’ Future: Sustaining Campus and Community through a Dialogue Series in an Appalachian College Town....Pages 182-202
Jewish-Muslim Women’s Leadership Initiative: A Program for Peaceful Dialogue....Pages 203-217
Front Matter....Pages 219-219
Differing and Disparate Arguments about Gender Roles: Creating Peace through Talking about Threats and Relational Dialectics....Pages 221-234
Ordinary Grocery Shopping for Promoting Peace and Justice: Global Impacts of Being a Conscientious Shopper....Pages 235-250
Promoting Peace through Songs: Peace Activism during the Afghan Conflict....Pages 251-264
Peacebuilding through Interfaith Dialogue: The Role of Faith-based NGOs....Pages 265-278
Back Matter....Pages 279-282