The role of social psychological processes in journalist's war and peace journalism attitudes

Abstract

Previous studies have shown factors including media ownership, socio-political censorship, ethnic division and, the lack of professional training as obstacles to practising Peace Journalism principles. This research explored how social psychological processes including intergroup contact and outgroup attitudes influence Peace Journalism attitudes. Turkish Cypriot (TC) and Greek Cypriot (GC) journalists living in the divided and conflicted island of Cyprus participated. Findings highlighted that quantity and quality of contact are positively correlated with positive feelings, common ingroup identity (CII) and Peace Journalism attitudes and negatively correlated with intergroup anxiety and War Journalism (WJ) attitudes. Results shed light on the benefits of positive and frequent contact among journalists and with outgroup members that enhance positive social psychological processes as well as Peace Journalism attitudes. By recognizing the importance of intergroup contact, Peace Journalism attitudes can be improved by decreasing social-psychological tensions and contribute to reconciliation, peace-building processes, and sustainable peace in conflicted societies.

French and Russian Relations News Coverage of Burkina Faso's Ibrahim Traore between Peace/Conflict and War/Violence Journalism

“…An extensive number of studies, including (Adegbola & Zhang, 2020), (Jehangir, 2023), (AYTEMĠZ, 2020), and (Yontucu, Husnu, & Ersoy, 2022), look into the factors influencing journalists' adoption of peace journalism. (Adegbola & Zhang, 2020) highlight empathy and reporting proficiency's positive influence, while (Jehangir, 2023) and (AYTEMĠZ, 2020) emphasize the role of contextual factors, political affiliations, and training.…”

“…(Adegbola & Zhang, 2020) highlight empathy and reporting proficiency's positive influence, while (Jehangir, 2023) and (AYTEMĠZ, 2020) emphasize the role of contextual factors, political affiliations, and training. The (Yontucu, Husnu, & Ersoy, 2022) study adds a social-psychological perspective by linking intergroup contact to positive emotions, identity, and Peace Journalism attitudes.…”

War and Peace Journalism in Mass Shootings Coverage - Case Study of a School Shooting in the U.S. Uvalde

“…The recent case studies on various Asian conflicts (Kempf, 2012;Garud-Patkar, 2017;Fong, & Gek Koon, 2019;Elham et al, 2021), migration crisis (Kalfeli et al, 2022) and elections (Norström, & Kolczyński, 2021;Auwal, & Ersoy, 2022) helped in the research. The issue of the reporters' perception of PJ and WJ is also popular among researchers (Neumann, & Fahmy, 2016;Hussain, & Ahmad, 2022), as well as the issue of the predisposition of media workers to create peace-and conflict-oriented coverage (Adegbola, & Zhang, 2022;Yontucu et al, 2022). Contemporary research also focuses on the audience's perception of PJ and WJ.…”