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The Norwegian Media Image of the War in Afghanistan: Peacekeeping or Aggression?

Rune Ottosen

Conflict & Communication Online, volume 3, issue 1/2 (2014), 14 pp.

"This article analyzes the framing of Norwegian media coverage of the war against terror in Afghanistan with special emphasis on the coverage of the Norwegian military presence in Afghanistan. Norwegian forces became involved in a military intervention for the first time since the Second World War w ... hen ex-Yugoslavia was attacked in April 1999. At that time, Norway provided military support for the invasion and placed fighter planes and Norwegian pilots at the disposal of NATO. The war in Afghanistan represented an additional dimension, with Norwegian ground forces taking part in the hunt for al-Qaida fighters in the mountains of Afghanistan. The purpose of this article is to give a picture of Norwegian media coverage of the war in Afghanistan, with a special emphasis on the coverage of Norway's role in the conflict. As a small country with traditionally close relations to US, Norway had to balance, like many other small countries, between the need to uphold its traditional policy of complying with international law, and the desire to avoid provoking the USA with criticism and actions that could be regarded as disloyal and thus harm the bilateral relationship. This dilemma must also be seen as a problem for the mainstream media, which traditionally has been loyal to Norwegian security policy. Two main issues are discussed: 1. How was the start of the war covered in the media in October 2001? 2. In what context was the Norwegian military presence covered? The two newspapers analyzed are Aftenposten and VG. The choice of these two newspapers was made to include Norway's largest and potentially most influential morning paper (Aftenposten) and its largest tabloid, as well as largest newspaper (VG). Quantitative as well as qualitative methods are used to analyze the coverage. Both Aftenposten's and VG's coverage on the first day of the war in Afghanistan are dominated by pro-US framing and the use of Western sources. The pro-US framing is more obvious in Aftenposten than in VG. The editorial in VG was more unconditionally supportive than the editorial in Aftenposten. VG is also much clearer in its framing of Norway as a potential victim of future acts of terror. Norway's role as a potential military actor in the region is at this stage virtually absent in both newspapers. The legal aspects are mentioned in the two newspapers, though in a very superficial manner. Neither of the newspapers focuses on potential "hidden agendas" in their news coverage. No issue is made of the USA's potential global interests or the issue of controlling oil flows from the region. Aftenposten, in its coverage of an attack on a wedding party, treats this incident as "collateral damage" and in no way links it to Norway's military presence. Norway is simply a "loyal ally" receiving praise from the US for doing a "good job"." (Abstract) more

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Media Content in the Central African Crisis: An Overview and Solutions for Further Peace-Building and Governance Interventions

Karim Bernard-Dende

Internews Network (2014), 70 pp.

"News represents 23% of the total schedule on the six radio stations monitored [...] The situation of conflict had a direct influence on the subjects treated in news and information content with a focus 1) on the conflict (more than one third of news and information content) but not on grassroots co ... more

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Ägyptische Blogs und ihre Bedeutung bei der Schaffung einer Gegenöffentlichkeit im Arabischen Frühling

Marco Rustemeyer

Berlin; Münster: Lit (2014), 129 pp.

"Das Buch konzentriert sich auf den Aspekt des möglichen Einsatzes von Blogs zur Schaffung einer Gegenöffentlichkeit. Dazu werden englischsprachige, ägyptische Blogs untersucht, die während der Revolte gegen das Mubarak-Regime erstellt wurden. Zentral ist dabei die Frage, ob und wie ägyptische ... more

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„Homosexuality is Un-African“: Eine Analyse Der Homosexualitätsdebatte in Ugandischen Printmedien

Katja Benkel

Mainz: Institut für Ethnologie und Afrikastudien, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität (2014), 75 pp.

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"Ganz Brasilien glotzt Globo": Telenovelas in Brasilien. Ein Vergleich mit Mexiko

Jens Hildebrandt

Berlin; Münster: Lit (2013), ix, 800 pp.

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Bad News for Refugees

Greg Philo, Emma Briant, Pauline Donald

London: Pluto Press (2013), ix, 203 pp.

"Bad News for Refugees analyses the political, economic and environmental contexts of migration and looks specifically at how refugees and asylum seekers have been stigmatised in political rhetoric and in media coverage. Through forensic research it shows how hysterical and inaccurate media accounts ... more

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Creating Content, Shaping Society: Do Indonesian Media Uphold the Principle of Citizenship?

Yanuar Nugroho, Dwitri Amalia, Leonardus K Nugraha, Dinita Andriani Putri, Jimmy Tanaya, Shita Laksmi

Jakarta: Centre for Innovation Policy and Governance (CIPG);Hivos (2013), 94 pp.

"The purpose of this research is to empirically examine Indonesian media content, their workings and the factors influencing their work [...] There is no open diversity in content. Content analysis of television shows that the coverage of majority and minority groups is unequal. We find that content ... more

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Violence in the Media: An Observation of Media Content in Juarez and an Exploration of Perceptions of Media by Residents

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO);USAID;Consejo Nacional para la Prevención de Accidentes (CONAPRA) (2013), 37 pp.

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Discovering the Libyan Youth Movement’s Identity Through Facebook

Jacob Sommer, Triin Rum

Conflict & Communication Online, volume 12, issue 1 (2013), 15 pp.

"This study demonstrates that critical discourse analysis can be used to quickly discern the identity of a political actor and make accurate predictions about that actor’s intentions and goals, even in the context of a revolution. This study’s authors used critical discourse analysis to empirica ... more

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Imagen de los niños y niñas en la televisión: Análisis cualitativo de la programación de la televisión de señal abierta en Lima

Mery Vargas Cuno

Lima: Consejo Consultivo de Radio y Televisión (CONCORTV) (2013), 137 pp.

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Hungry but silent: A content analysis of media reporting on the 2011-12 famine in Somalia

Richard Stupart

Grahamstown: Rhodes University, Master Thesis (2013), 104 pp.

"This dissertation examines media coverage of the 2011-2012 famine in Somalia by the websites of BBC News, CNN and Al Jazeera. Using both quantitative and qualitative content analyses, it asks why coverage of the famine began as late as it did, despite ample evidence of the coming famine. It further ... more

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Reporting Governance: A Content Analysis of Cambodian Media Outlets

Peou Chivoin, Manika Pin, Say Sok

Department of Media and Communication (DMC) (2013), 58 pp.

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Media Perceptions and Portrayals of Pastoralists in Kenya, India and China

Mike Shanahan

London: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) (2013), 28 pp.

"Pastoralists use their mobility to take advantage of resources – pasture and water – that are patchily distributed in space and time. Pastoralism can make major contributions to food security, livelihoods and economic prosperity. However, these benefits often go unacknowledged – by policy mak ... more

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Zwischen Information und Mission. Journalisten in Afghanistan: Berufliche Einstellungen und Leistungen

Kefa Hamidi

Global Media Journal - German Edition, volume 3, issue 2 (2013), 18 pp.

"Die Ermittlung der beruflichen Einstellungen geschah mittels einer vollstandardisierten Befragung, an der 195 Journalisten in Afghanistan teilnahmen. Eine Inhaltsanalyse in den drei wichtigsten afghanischen Zeitungen erbrachte eine Zusammenstellung der Leistungen von Journalisten. Der wichtigste Be ... more

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Assessment of Quality in Reporting with TMF Grants: Comparison of Works by Various TMF Grantees with Non-TMF Reporters’ Works

Christoph Spurk

Dar es Salaam: Tanzania Media Fund (TMF) (2013), 28 pp.

"The results of this content analysis comparing TMF grantees with non-TMF control group show a remarkable performance of TMF. In many areas the TMF group performs significantly better than the control group which can be attributed to TMF's work. Significant good performance of TMF was found in the f ... more

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The "social Tsunami": Media Coverage of Child Abuse in Malaysia's English-Language Newspapers in 2010

Sara Niner, Yarina Ahmad, Denise Cuthbert

Media, Culture & Society, volume 35, issue 4 (2013), pp. 435-453

"Since the early 1990s, Malaysian society has displayed a deepening concern over steady increases in reported cases of child abuse in the country. For many Malaysians, knowledge of this issue comes from the mainstream media. This research analyses media coverage of child abuse in two mainstream Engl ... more

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Investigative Journalism in Grassroots Independent Print Media in South Africa: A Baseline Study of the Eastern Cape, Mpumalanga and Limpopo

Eastern Cape Communication Forum (ECCF);Association of Independent Publishers (AIP);Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2013), 20 pp.

"In summary, the findings show that more than half of the analysed newspapers do in fact seek to expose potential wrong doings of government and business and as such are important actors in promoting local accountability. Yet, the findings also show that a lot of the reporting is not as extensive, a ... more

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Political Communication in the Cuban Blogosphere: A Case Study of Generation Y

Rainer Rubira, Gisela Gil-Egui

Global Media and Communication, volume 9, issue 2 (2013), pp. 153-178

"Blogs have become a communicative alternative for Cuban civil society in recent years. Cuban communities, inside and outside the island, are characterized by substantial ideological differences and economic gaps that highlight the challenges for consensus building and collective action in the count ... more

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Intervention Mali: Tracking Sentiment Across Social Media

Washington, DC: ConStrat (2013), 11 pp.

"Considering the lessons learned from US engagement in Iraq and especially Afghanistan, military engagement can only be sustained with the support of local populations. The concept of “winning hearts and minds” has emerged as an essential component of the counterinsurgency-counterterrorism doctr ... more

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Peace Through Peace Media? The Media Activities of the International Missions (KFOR and UNMIK) and Their Contribution to Peacebuilding in Kosovo from 1999 Till 2008

Julia Egleder

Berlin: Lit (2013), xvii, 317 pp.

"How does media contribute to peacebuilding and reconciliation in a post-conflict environment? This question will be answered in respect to the media produced by the UN and NATO mission in Kosovo (UNMIK and KFOR) from the year 1999 until 2008. The theoretical part of the text will deal with existing ... more