News coverage and conflict resolution : aid or impediment : a case study of India-Pakistan conflict over Kashmir

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The news coverage of conflicts invariably focuses on violence and detailsnof violent events. Such coverage potentially aggravates conflict by failingnto highlight peaceful alternatives and by anticipating further violence.nSeveral researchers have suggested diverse roles for media in preventingnand resolving a conflict. Johan Galtung, a peace researcher with morenthan four decades of experience in conflict resolution, has put forward thenconcept of 'Peace journalism' -preventing and resolving conflict throughnmedia. With the current developments in media coverage, triggered bynconflict in Iraq, Afghanistan, Chechnya, Kashmir, the Middle East andnother parts, the concept of peace journalism is raising a critical debate onnthe way media is reporting these conflicts and its impact on conflictnprevention and resolution.nnnnnnnn n In view of the pattern of contemporary news coverage of conflicts,nresearchers argue that news coverage can be a frightful weapon ofnviolence when it propagates m

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