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This edited book analyses the relationship between discourse and
conflict, exploring both how language may be used to promote
conflict and also how it is possible to avoid or mitigate conflict
through tactical use of language. Bringing together contributions
from both established scholars and emerging voices in the fields of
Discourse Analysis and Conflict Studies, it argues for a discourse
approach to making sense of conflict and disagreement in the modern
world. 'Conflict' is understood here as having a national or global
focus and consequences, and includes verbal aggression and hate
speech, as well as physical confrontation between political and
ethnic groups or states over values, claims to status, power and
resources. Themes explored in the volume include the language of
conflict, hate speech in online and offline media, and discourse
and peace-building, and the chapters examine various national
contexts, including Lithuania, Brazil, Belgium, North Macedonia,
Sri Lanka, the USA and Afghanistan. The chapters cover
conflict-related topics within the fields of Political Science,
International Relations, Sociology, Media Studies, and Applied
Linguistics, and the book will be of interest to students,
researchers and experts in these and related fields, as well as
professionals in conflict and peace-building/peace-keeping.
This edited book analyses the relationship between discourse and
conflict, exploring both how language may be used to promote
conflict and also how it is possible to avoid or mitigate conflict
through tactical use of language. Bringing together contributions
from both established scholars and emerging voices in the fields of
Discourse Analysis and Conflict Studies, it argues for a discourse
approach to making sense of conflict and disagreement in the modern
world. 'Conflict' is understood here as having a national or global
focus and consequences, and includes verbal aggression and hate
speech, as well as physical confrontation between political and
ethnic groups or states over values, claims to status, power and
resources. Themes explored in the volume include the language of
conflict, hate speech in online and offline media, and discourse
and peace-building, and the chapters examine various national
contexts, including Lithuania, Brazil, Belgium, North Macedonia,
Sri Lanka, the USA and Afghanistan. The chapters cover
conflict-related topics within the fields of Political Science,
International Relations, Sociology, Media Studies, and Applied
Linguistics, and the book will be of interest to students,
researchers and experts in these and related fields, as well as
professionals in conflict and peace-building/peace-keeping.
This book is a major documentation of the discursive practices of
Africans when they engage in online communication. It presents
mainly linguistic perspectives on what Africans do when they
interact through mobile telecommunications and the Internet. The
book reveals the unique ways Africans blend their traditional
communicative culture with some of the well known online
behaviours. In addition, it draws attention to how Africans have
been attempting to use the modes of internet and mobile
telecommunications to solve their socio-economic and political
problems by engaging in active agitation for reforms in those
directions.
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.
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