MEDIA AND INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT
- Course
- INRE561 - MEDIA AND INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT
- Department
- International Relations - English - Master
- Course Type
- Course
- Status
- Required
- Language
- English
- Credit
- 3
- ECTS
- 0
- T+P+L
- 3 + 0 + 0
- Course Coordinator(s)
- -
- Prerequisite
- -
- Keywords
- -
Course Description
The course examines the cultural, political and economic dimensions of media responses and media coverage of the international conflicts through assessment of different theoretical approaches. The course also provides necessary methodological skills to graduate students in order to comprehend and assess specific cases of media’s involvement in the international conflicts at different level. Topics include war and peace journalisms, politics and economy of conflict reporting and the role of media in conflict resolution. The “conset manufacturing” effect of the global mainstream media in relation to the apprehension of the global terrorism will also be monitored during the courses.
MEDIA AND INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT
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Course Syllabus
| Week | Topic |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction |
| Week 2 | Introduction: Concepts of War and Peace: Origins and Definitions |
| Week 3 | Understanding the Media: Origins, Foundations and Development of Field |
| Week 4 | Understanding Contemporary Conflict & Preventing Violent Conflict |
| Week 5 | Peacekeeping and Containing Conflict & Peace Building |
| Week 6 | Peacemaking: Case Studies |
| Week 7 | Reconciliation or Retribution? Memory and Media |
| Week 8 | Midterm Exam |
| Week 9 | Conflict Resolution: the Media and the Communications Revolution |
| Week 10 | The Peace Journalism Model |
| Week 11 | Conflict Analysis- Anchorage for Journalists |
| Week 12 | War Reporting- War Propoganda |
| Week 13 | Student Case Studies Presentations |
| Week 14 | Student Case Studies Presentations |
| Week 15 | Student Case Studies Presentations |
Reference Books & Course Materials
- 01 Ramsbotham, O., Woodhouse, T. and Miall, H. (2011). Contemporary Conflict Resolution: The Prevention, Management and Transformation of Deadly Conflicts (London, Polity).
- 02 Lynch, J., and McGoldrick, A. (2007). Peace journalism. In Handbook of peace and conflict studies. Routledge.
- 03 Randall, D. (2005). The great reporters. London; Ann Arbor, MI: Pluto Press.
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