Social Media as a Space for Peace Education: The Pedagogic Potential of Online Networks

Series Editors’ Foreword
Preface: Social Media, Cooperation and Civic Engagement
	References
Contents
Notes on Contributors
List of Tables
1: Introduction: Peace 2.0: Social Media as an Interactive and Participatory Space for Sustainable Peace Education
	References
2: A Group of Youth Learn Why and How to Disrupt Online Discourses and Social Media Propaganda Around Syrian Refugees
	Introduction
		Youth Versus News on Social Media
		Gap in the Civic Education Curriculum
	Methodology
	Discussion and Findings
		Knowledge of Oneself
			First, participants filter online posts about the Syrian refugee crisis before reading them
			Second, participants recognize the image of Syrian refugees the public is led to believe by the media
			Third, participants construct an image of the anti-Syrian refugee Canadians (ASRC) based on social media content and behaviours
			Fourth, participants identify factors that potentially influence attitudes towards refugees
			Fifth, participants’ online passiveness results from perceived barriers online
		Developed skills: Critical thinking and empathy
		From briefed bystanders to influential agents of change: Participants realize that they can and must disrupt the online discourses around Syrian refugees
	Conclusion
	References
3: Finding Ways to Connect: Potential Role of Social Media in Peace Education
	Challenges to Dialogue in a Traditional Classroom Setting
	Key Considerations Before Using Social Media for Peace Education
		Reinforces Existing Viewpoints
		Promotes Shallow Communication
		Supports Epistemological, Linguistic and Technological Hegemony
	The Affordances of Social Media for Intergroup Communication
		Compatibility with Critical-Dialogical Learning Processes
		Facilitates Access to Multiple and Non-dominant Perspectives and Ways of Knowing
		Develops Skills to Engage in Public Discourse
	Conclusion
	References
4: From Head to Hand to Global Community: Social Media, Digital Diplomacy, and Post-conflict Peacebuilding in Kosovo
	Analytical Domains of ICT4Peace
	Case Study: Historical Context, Contemporary Challenges in Kosovo
	Digital Diplomacy Through the InstaKosova Competition
	Methods
	Data Analysis
	Discussion
	Peace Education or Propaganda?
	Conclusions
	References
5: Educating for Sustainable Peace: Neoliberalism and the Pedagogical Potential of Social Media in Creating Conditions for Civic Engagement and Peace
	Education and the Neoliberal Context
		Economy-Driven Educational Agenda
		Normalization of Neoliberal Disciplinary Apparatus of Power
	Understanding Social Media
	Social Media, Civic Engagement, and Education1
	Social Media, Civic Engagement and Educating for Sustainable Peace1
		Paulo2
		Sara Lee
	Conclusions
	References
6: Social Media for Peacebuilding: Going Beyond Slacktivim and Hashtagavism to Sustainable Engagement
	Introduction
	What Is Social Media?
	The Connection of Social Media to Peacebuilding
	Connecting Peacebuilders
	Addressing Conflict and Building Peace
	Connecting Conflict Affected Groups
	Challenges in Addressing Conflict and Peace
	Advocating for Peace
	Social Media as a Generator of Conflict
	Core Skills Needed for Social Media for Peacebuilding
	Conclusion
	References
7: Gendered Hashtactivism: Civic Engagement in Saudi Arabia
	Mapping the Twitterverse in Saudi Arabia
	Gendered Twitter Use and Civic Engagement
		Twitter and Employment
		Shura (Consultative) Council
		Twitter Combatting Corruption
	Twitter and the Authorities
	Conclusion
	References
8: The Peace Educational Potential of Social Media: Multilogues of National Self-Regeneration in the Pakistani Blogosphere
	The Blogosphere
	Social Media: The New “Town” and “Factory”
	National and Societal Self-Regeneration in the Pakistani Blogosphere
	“Confessions of a Hijabi”: The Journey; the Choice
	My Name Is Khan and I Am a Terrorist
	Conclusions
	References
9: Tavaana: E-Learning and the Online Civic Sphere in Post-Revolutionary Iran
	The Iranian Civic Sphere
	Internet as Social Capital: An Iranian Experience
	The Case of Tavaana
	Democracy Advocacy
	Civic (Internet) Initiatives
	Democratic Peace as/Through Technology
	References
10: Social Bots for Peace: Combating Automated Control with Automated Civic Engagement?
	Introduction
	Bots and Computational Propaganda
	Bots and Peace Education
	Case Study: Build Up’s Online Peace Initiatives
	Case Study: Botivist
	Conclusion: Bots as a Tool for Peacebuilders
	References
Index