Media and conflict: An assessment of the evidence

Emrys Schoemaker and Nicole Stremlau
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Emrys Schoemaker: Department for International Development, London School of Economics, Houghton Street, London, UK
Nicole Stremlau: Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy, University of Oxford, Manor Road, Oxford, UK

Progress in Development Studies, 2014, vol. 14, issue 2, 181-195

Abstract: This article assesses the evidence used in arguments for the role of the media in conflict and post-conflict situations. It focuses on two broad areas within the literature. First, it examines literature on the contribution of media in war to peace transitions, including an assessment of the evidence used to show how the media may contribute to violent conflict and how they may provoke, or hinder, post-conflict reconstruction. Second, it assesses evidence used in arguments for the role new Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) such as the Internet and mobile phones may have in liberation or oppression in developing country contexts. Through reviewing some of the most significant papers that were systematically selected in a literature review on media and conflict, our findings suggest that there are serious gaps in the evidence and the majority of evidence is located in the ‘grey literature’ or policy documents. The article concludes by suggesting future research agendas to address these gaps.

Keywords: ICTs; media and conflict; media and development; liberation technology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1177/1464993413517790

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