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Bringing together contributions from a team of international scholars, this pioneering book applies theories and approaches from linguistics, such as discourse analysis and pragmatics, to analyse the media and online political discourses of both conflict and peace processes. By analysing case studies as globally diverse as Germany, the USA, Nigeria, Iraq, Korea and Libya, and across a range of genres such as TV news channels, online reporting and traditional newspapers, the chapters collectively show how news discourse can be powerful in mobilizing public support for war or violence, or for conflict resolution, through the linguistic representation of certain groups. It explores the consequences of this 'framing' effect, and shows how peace journalism can be achieved through a non-violent approach to reporting conflict. It will therefore serve as an essential resource for students, scholars and experts in media and communication studies, conflict and peace studies, international relations, linguistics and political science.

Introduction: Media, Conflict, and Peace-Building
INNOCENT CHILUWA

Part I. Conflict Discourse in Newspaper Reporting

1 Elián González in the New York Times: Media Roles in the Trajectories of International Conflict
MARK FINNEY AND SARAH FISHER

2 The Construction of Threat of “Islamist Terrorism” in German Newspapers
ENIS BICER, LINA BRINK, AND ALEJANDRA NIEVES CAMACHO

3 “Herdsmen Are Terrorists”: Analyzing News Headlines on the Herder–Farmer Conflict in the Nigerian Press
INNOCENT CHILUWA, ISIOMA M. CHILUWA, AND ANGIE O. IGBINOBA

4 Covering the War on Iraq: The Pragmatics of Framing and Visual Rhetoric
AHMED SAHLANE

Part II. Electronic Media and Online Discourses of Conflict

5 Making a Case for War: CNN and the Representations of Humanitarianism, Gadhafi, and NATO in the 2011 Bombing of Libya
ADA PETER AND INNOCENT CHILUWA

6 “The Situation on the Korean Peninsula”: Voice of America and China Radio International on China and the USA about the North Korean Conflict
VALERIE A. COOPER

7 Against a Hard-Earned Peace: (De)legitimation Discourses of Political Violence in Online Press Statements of Dissident Republicans in Post-Conflict Northern Ireland
STEPHEN GOULDING

8 Ideological Exclusion: Defining the (Dis)believer in Extremist Muslim Periodicals – Dabiq and Inspire
TROY E. SPIER

9 Violence for Social Change: An Analysis of the #FeesMustFall Movement in South Africa
FIONA CHAWANA AND UFUOMA AKPOJIVI

Part III. Media Discourse and Conflict Resolution

10 The Language of Peace in Conflict Transformation: A Critical Analysis of the New York Times’ Coverage of the Israeli–Palestinian Peace Agreement and Its Role in the Discursive Context of the Oslo Negotiations
GIULIANA TIRIPELLI

11 The Historical Context in Media Narratives in Search of Peaceful Resolution to the Israel–Palestine Conflict: A Comparative Study of BBC and Al Jazeera
JELENA TIMOTIJEVIC

12 From Peace Talks to Military Operation: Pakistani Newspapers’ Representation of the TTP Conflict
LUBNA SHAHEEN AND MUHAMMAD TARIQUE

13 From Collision to Diplomatic Compromise: “We are very sorry” – One Official Utterance, Different Interpretations in the Chinese and US Mainstream News Coverage of the 2001 Mid-Air Collision
LUTGARD LAMS

14 Constructing Identities in Crisis Situations: A Study of the “Volunteer” in the Spanish and English Press
MARÍA DEL MAR SÁNCHEZ RAMOS

Conclusion
INNOCENT CHILUWA

Index