Synopsis: This article focusses on a case study from India. It includes topical discussion on how community networks and relationships reflect broader power structures and continue to be open to manipulation.  Explores structural violence and disengagement.

Bibliographic reference: ‘Pluralism, Civil Society and Subaltern Counterpublics’ in Pluralism Working Paper no. 9  – Ansari Khalid, A. (2011). Promoting Pluralism Knowledge Programm

Synopsis: This article explores newspaper coverage of the 2011 Egyptian protests and their interactions with some types of social media. This paper explores the role of social media in influencing the mainstream media’s coverage of events through a content analysis across multiple international and national newspapers.  Information was reviewed across different areas to assess the coverage and tone of the protests and the possible impact on the campaigns.

Bibliographic reference: ‘Newspaper coverage of the 2011 protests in Egypt’, International Communication Gazette, vol. 74, no. 4, pp. 342-366. Sage Publications – Al-Maskati, N.A (2012)

Synopsis: Search for Common Ground (SFCG) Pakistan initiated a two year project from September 2011 to December 2013, supported by the Danish Agency for International Development (DANIDA), entitled Promotion of Dialogue for Peacebuilding through Media and Youth Mobilization in Pakistan. The project worked with youth and local leaders, radio producers, and print and television journalists in 25 districts from across four provinces of Pakistan, as well as Gilgit – Baltistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), to nurture and promote youth, community and media involvement in proactive conflict mitigation.

Bibliographic reference: Promotion of Dialogue for Peacebuilding Through Media and Youth Mobilisation in Pakistan. Search for Common Ground – Akbar Zaidi, S (2014)

Bibliographic reference:  “Communication for Social Change: An Integrated Model for Measuring the Process and Its Outcomes.” The Communication for Social  Change Working Paper Series No.1. The Rockefeller Foundation – Maria Elena Figueroa, D. Lawrence Kincaid, Manju Rani and Gary Lewis (2002)

Synopsis: Explores the role of religion in peace building through theoretical frameworks and data collected through qualitative approaches. The literature focuses on the role of identity in conflict and the role of religion in identity creation, and how this identity can be used to promote hatred or peace.

Bibliographic reference: “Conflict Resolution, Culture, and Religion: Toward a Training Model of Interreligious Peacebuilding.” Peace Research 38, no.6 (2001): 685-704 – Abu-Nimer, Mohammed