Peacebuilding in a networked world

Best, Michael L.

doi:10.1145/2436256.2436265

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“…Welch (2015); Best (2013b); Smyth and Best (2013) states that Social media has been used to crowdsource information in conflict hotspots as part of various conflicts prevention measures in other countries like Kenya and Nigeria, especially during electioneering period. Social media has opened up new opportunities for public engagement and interactive dialogue and changed the relationship between government and citizens (Kelly and Souter, 2014;Best, 2013b;Schoemaker, 2014;Schoemaker, 2013). However, Pillay, van Niekerk, and Maharaj (2010); Coyle and Meier (2009) also establish that social media has proven to be a practical tool in advocacy and emergency communications.…”

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Relationship between Social Media Collaboration and Ecosystem Management in Enugu State, Nigeria

Agbaeze¹,

Onyinye²,

Obamen³

et al. 2018

JEBS

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This study was done on the relationship between social media collaborations and ecosystem management in Enugu state. The study was premised on the case of herdsmen-farmers/villagers clash over grazing fields and farmlands in Enugu State being the ecology-related issue. Survey research design was adopted for the study. A sample of 100 social media group participants was selected using snowball sampling technique. The questionnaire was used for data collection. Content validity was used as a method for testing the validity of the questionnaire while Cronbach's alpha method was used for testing the internal consistency of the items on the questionnaire. Pearsonâ€™s Product Moment Correlation was used to test the hypothesis formulated for the study. Findings revealed that social media collaborations via Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter have a significant relationship with ecosystem management. It was recommended that government and ecologically concerned agencies should employ social media collaborations as the policy for ecosystem management.

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Relationship between Social Media Collaboration and Ecosystem Management in Enugu State, Nigeria

Agbaeze¹,

Onyinye²,

Obamen³

et al. 2018

JEBS

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“…Even though the media was viewed as a tool that fanned the violence, it played a variety of roles, and it has been underutilized for peacebuilding reasons (Gakunju 2017). As the access to smartphones and social media continues to grow at an exponential rate, even in many conflict-affected areas around the world, the focus is rapidly shifting to the transformative potential of new media technologies in augmenting or replacing traditional media in peacebuilding (Best 2013).…”

Section: Peacebuilding and The Mediamentioning

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The Role of Media in Peacebuilding in Iraq After Isis

Ahmad

2021

JLIA

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The victory over the territorial rule of the so-called Islamic State provides an opportunity for the government of Iraq to restore its state institutions and reassert its authority. Can the Iraqi leadership step beyond cycles of failure in this transition to tackle the systemic issues that sustain state weakness and promote the emergence of groups like ISIS? This paper aims to enlighten the challenges faced by Iraq after ISIS for the restoration of peace between minorities and religious groups, and coexistence after the myth, so that conflicts are going on between minorities and religious groups, particularly in Mosul and other cities under the control of ISIS, the state could not reconcile the displaced people. Correspondingly, this paper intends the focus and role of local, regional, and international media in the process of peacebuilding and coexistence in Iraq after ISIS.

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“…A number of studies have shown that digital media enable their users to share knowledge and ideas on different conflict prevention methods (Oatley, 2011). For example, in Kenya and Nigeria, SM supported information crowdsourcing in conflict-prone areas as part of conflict prevention measures (Best, 2013;Smyth et al, 2013).…”

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Digitizing Community Building and Reconciliation in Post-Conflict Communities: A Case of #Let’sTalkUganda in Northern Uganda

Kasadha

2020

Social Media + Society

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This research examines the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs; social media) as a tool that fosters community building and reconciliation in post-conflict regions, in particular Northern Uganda. Using Twitter data collected over 27 months (12 June 2016–9 September 2018), we found that information technology (IT) increased social actors’ (Justice and Reconciliation Project [JRP]-Uganda) advocacy for transitional justice in post-conflict communities. Interview findings evidenced the effectiveness of using social media (SM) to connect post-conflict communities to share and discuss reconciliatory ideas. This study connotes that well-thought-out SM use by social actors to share information used in resolving conflict results in socio-political stability and harmonious coexistence.

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Peacebuilding in a networked world

Abstract: Harnessing computing and communication technologies in fragile, conflict-stressed nations.

Cited by 7 publications

References 4 publications

Relationship between Social Media Collaboration and Ecosystem Management in Enugu State, Nigeria

Relationship between Social Media Collaboration and Ecosystem Management in Enugu State, Nigeria

The Role of Media in Peacebuilding in Iraq After Isis

Digitizing Community Building and Reconciliation in Post-Conflict Communities: A Case of #Let’sTalkUganda in Northern Uganda

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