Impact of Communication and the Media on Ethnic Conflict

Impact of Communication and the Media on Ethnic Conflict
Author: Gibson, Steven
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 371
Release: 2015-12-22
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1466697296

Throughout the world, cultural and racial clashes remain a major hurdle to development and progress. Though some areas are experiencing successful intercultural communications which pave the way for peaceful negotiations, there are still many regions experiencing severe turmoil. Impact of Communication and the Media on Ethnic Conflict focuses on both the positive and negative outcomes of communication and media usage, as well as the overall perceptions of these elements, within conflicting populations. Featuring theoretical perspectives on various intergroup interaction experiences within contemporary ethnic controversies, this publication will appeal to scholars, researchers, professors, and practitioners interested in ethnic studies, conflict resolution, communications, and global peace building.

Media and Communication Theory in Africa

Media and Communication Theory in Africa
Author: Nelson Okorie
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2023-03-21
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3031147170

This contributed volume explores theories of media and communication and focuses on providing African perspectives on global conversations. Using broad cases relating to media and communication theories, this book explores socio-cultural issues affecting most modern African societies, providing a conceptual and empirical framework for explicating the potential place of media techniques and structures in Africa. As a good template for understanding and applying communication theories and approaches in the African context, the volume is a priceless asset for Media and Communication scholars.

Inter-ethnic and Religious Conflict Resolution in Nigeria

Inter-ethnic and Religious Conflict Resolution in Nigeria
Author: Ernest E. Uwazie
Publisher: Lexington Books
Total Pages: 204
Release: 1999
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780739100332

Since 1982, Nigeria has experienced more than ten large scale ethnic or religious riots in its major cities. These violent clashes have wreaked economic, political, and social havoc; caused an enormous number of deaths and injuries; and posed serious obstacles to Nigeria's sociopolitical development as well as retarded efforts at nation-building. The papers collected in this book serve as a critical part of an overall objective to develop and promote mechanisms for the understanding and resolution of ethnic and religious conflicts in Nigeria. Both academic and community leaders address various aspects of these conflicts, and Uwazie offers several thoughtful options for their successful resolution. Inter-Ethnic and Religious Conflict Resolution in Nigeria will interest students of African history and current affairs, scholars of anthropology and ethnicity studies, and those involved in international relations and peace studies.

Informal Channels for Conflict Resolution in Ibadan, Nigeria

Informal Channels for Conflict Resolution in Ibadan, Nigeria
Author: Isaac Olawale Albert
Publisher:
Total Pages: 85
Release: 1995
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9782015393

This is a study of the informal channels of conflict resolution among people living in Ibadan. Although the informal channels of justice are generally preferred by the poor because they cannot afford to hire an attorney, this study has shown that informal channels are often the first choice of citizens who wish to solve their conflicts outside a court of law.

Media and Nigeria's Constitutional Democracy

Media and Nigeria's Constitutional Democracy
Author: Paul Obi
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 175
Release: 2023-02-06
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1666914630

In this edited collection, contributors analyze how the media is navigating Nigeria and its mediated democracy. Scholars of journalism, political communication, and media studies will find this book of particular interest.

Military-Media Relations in Post-Colonial Nigeria

Military-Media Relations in Post-Colonial Nigeria
Author: Allwell Uwazuruike
Publisher: Ethics International Press
Total Pages: 481
Release: 2023-12-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 1804412481

This edited collection reviews the relationship and clashes between the military and the media in post-colonial Nigeria. The first section addresses the historical context and praxis of the military-media relationship in Nigeria. The chapters explore the military-media modes of operations, the prevailing political climate, the military interregnums and milestones in Nigeria’s media sector, ethical and professional consideration for defence correspondence, media ownership structures, regulatory bodies, media laws, military–media relations, and the need for alternative media for military operations. The second section deals with interventions, impacts, and influences of citizen journalists, social media influencers, online media, online stakeholders, artificial intelligence, and social media platforms in shaping the media space narratives. They also explore evolving challenges such as “fake news” and hate speech. The key audience includes regional and international journalists and military organisations, researchers, academics, NGOs, governments, and others interested in the history and future of military media relations in Africa.

Conflict Reporting Strategies and the Identities of Ethnic and Religious Communities in Jos, Nigeria

Conflict Reporting Strategies and the Identities of Ethnic and Religious Communities in Jos, Nigeria
Author: Godfrey Naanlang Danaan
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2020-05-19
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1527552039

This book examines journalistic strategies in terms of the appropriation of media logics in the conflict frame-building process. Relying on three models (objectivity, mediatisation and news framing), it interrogates the role orientations and performance of journalists who reported the conflict involving the ‘indigenous’ Christians and Hausa Fulani Muslim ‘settlers’ of Jos, a city in North Central Nigeria inhabited by approximately one million people. The book provides empirical evidence of the strategies and the representations of ethnic and religious identities in the conflict narratives focusing on the most-cited and vicious conflicts in Jos which occurred in 2001, 2008 and 2010. Thus, mediatised conflict research is revisited, placing media logics at the heart of the conflict. The text proposes Solutions-Review Journalism (SRJ) as a framework for conflict reporting, and argues that a review process is necessary to measure impact.

Conflict Management in Nigeria

Conflict Management in Nigeria
Author: Oshita O. Oshita
Publisher: Adonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2007-04-20
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1912234750

In Conflict Management in Nigeria: Issues and Challenges, Dr. Oshita O. Oshita, one of the leading peace researchers in Nigeria, interrogates a number of cross-cutting issues and challenges that may be encountered in the process of engaging with conflict mitigation in Nigeria. He explores the complex issues involved just as he analyses the challenges arising from the political economy of conflict management in Nigeria from historical and contemporary perspectives.