The Media’s Role in Preventing and Moderating Conflict

Keywords: International, English, media, conflict, guide, good practice.

We cannot avoid asking ourselves what more can be done to reduce and prevent conflict and the suffering that attends it, but why invoke the media in this context? Because, taken together, mass media technologies, institutions, professionals, norms, and practices constitute a fundamental force shaping the lives of individuals and the fate of peoples and nations. The media constitute a major human resource whose potential to help prevent and moderate social violence begs to be discussed, evaluated, and, where appropriate, mobilized….. (by Robert Karl Manoff – RD Manual, 1997)

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