| Description |
1 online resource (271 pages) |
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Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series |
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Routledge contemporary Southeast Asia series.
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| Contents |
Cover; Journalism and Conflict in Indonesia: From reporting violence to promoting peace; Copyright; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Journalism and violence; Methodological issues; The chapters; From primordialism to peace journalism; 2 Communication and culture; Communication-as-culture; Globalism and media development; Communicating conflict; 3 Media freedom and journalistic culture in post-New Order Indonesia; The legacy of the Pancasila press in Indonesia; Democratic ideology among journalists in Indonesia; Culture and freedom in the newsroom |
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4 Violence, culture and national disintegration in IndonesiaPolitical violence and the discourse of national disintegration; War and the construction of ethnic identities; Centre-periphery cultural politics in Indonesia, 1998 -- 2000; 5 Culture wars in Indonesia: Maluku; The Maluku Wars' geometry of violence; Faith and politics in the Maluku firestorm; Localising global discourses on 'holy war'; 6 Framing religious conflict: Primordialism writ large; The unnaming of combatants; Security personnel and their media masks; National news media and paramilitary mobilisation |
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7 War and peace journalismWar, identity, economy; The underground press surfaces; Pancasila press goes 'communal'; Transitional media ethics; Reviving development communication; Summary of conclusions; Appendix: English translations of Fauzan's 'kidnapping' stories; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This book examines, through the case study of Indonesia over recent decades, how the reporting of violence can drive the escalation of violence, and how journalists can alter their reporting practices in order to have the opposite effect and promote peace. It discusses the nature of press freedom in Indonesia from 1966 onwards, considers the relationship between the press and politicians, and explores journalists' working methods. It goes on to outline in detail the communal wars in eastern Indonesia in the period 1999-2000, arguing that communication as much as physical preparations for viole |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Journalism -- Social aspects -- Indonesia
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Violence -- Press coverage -- Indonesia
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Social conflict -- Press coverage -- Indonesia
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Conflict management -- Press coverage -- Indonesia
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Peace-building -- Press coverage -- Indonesia
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Mass media and peace -- Indonesia
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Media Studies.
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Journalism -- Social aspects
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Mass media and peace
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Social conflict -- Press coverage
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Violence -- Press coverage
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Indonesia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781136213458 |
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1136213457 |
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9780203095393 |
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0203095391 |
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9781283871785 |
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1283871785 |
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