“Reconciliation Isn’t Sexy”: Perceptions of News Media in Post-Conflict Northern Ireland

Rice, C; Taylor, M

“Reconciliation Isn’t Sexy”: Perceptions of News Media in Post-Conflict Northern Ireland

Rice, C Taylor, M

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Publisher:: Informa UK Limited
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Journalism Studies, 2020, 21, (6), pp. 820-837
Issue Date:: 2020-04-25

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dc.contributor.author	Rice, C
dc.contributor.author	Taylor, M https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9420-3591
dc.date.accessioned	2020-08-02T23:29:42Z
dc.date.available	2020-08-02T23:29:42Z
dc.date.issued	2020-04-25
dc.identifier.citation	Journalism Studies, 2020, 21, (6), pp. 820-837
dc.identifier.issn	1461-670X
dc.identifier.issn	1469-9699
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/141954
dc.description.abstract	© 2020, © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. News media play a key role in post-conflict contexts in helping to explain the peace process and report on current events. This research explores the perceptions of cross-community leaders about the role of journalism in reconciliation in present day Northern Ireland. The findings suggest that community activists perceive the media to be sustaining the legacy of the conflict and constraining debates about the way forward in Northern Ireland. We propose that they essentially advocate for a conflict sensitive model of journalism (Howard, 2004, Conflict sensitive journalism: A handbook by Ross Howard. IMPACS: International Media Support. https://www.mediasupport.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/ims-csj-handbook-2004.pdf.), underpinned by a communitarian ethical framework (Christians, 1997, “Social ethics and mass media practice.” In Communication ethics in an age of diversity, edited by J. M. Makau, and R. C. Arnett, 187–205. Urbana Champaign: University of Illinois Press.) which would better reflect the changed interests and needs of a post-conflict community.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Informa UK Limited
dc.relation.ispartof	Journalism Studies
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/1461670X.2020.1724183
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.subject	1903 Journalism and Professional Writing, 2001 Communication and Media Studies
dc.title	“Reconciliation Isn’t Sexy”: Perceptions of News Media in Post-Conflict Northern Ireland
dc.type	Journal Article
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utslib.for	2001 Communication and Media Studies
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
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© 2020, © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. News media play a key role in post-conflict contexts in helping to explain the peace process and report on current events. This research explores the perceptions of cross-community leaders about the role of journalism in reconciliation in present day Northern Ireland. The findings suggest that community activists perceive the media to be sustaining the legacy of the conflict and constraining debates about the way forward in Northern Ireland. We propose that they essentially advocate for a conflict sensitive model of journalism (Howard, 2004, Conflict sensitive journalism: A handbook by Ross Howard. IMPACS: International Media Support. https://www.mediasupport.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/ims-csj-handbook-2004.pdf.), underpinned by a communitarian ethical framework (Christians, 1997, “Social ethics and mass media practice.” In Communication ethics in an age of diversity, edited by J. M. Makau, and R. C. Arnett, 187–205. Urbana Champaign: University of Illinois Press.) which would better reflect the changed interests and needs of a post-conflict community.

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