A RESEARCH ON THE ROLE PLAYED BY LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL MEDIA INTO CONFLICT MANAGEMENT

Authors

  • Ibrahim T.I. Ukka School of Journalism and information Communication, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan
  • Bienmali Kombate School of Journalism and information Communication, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan,

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51594/ijarss.v1i2.12

Keywords:

International media, Local media, Media effect, Conflict, Israel, and Palestine

Abstract

While several scholar had drew their study focusing on the role of media into conflict management, Hume et al. (2014) few have pay to attention to the types, levels, and phases of the conflict, Hyland and Makowsky (2006). Looking to fulfill the research gap, this study was aimed to investigate the effect of media into conflict management focusing on the level of media. Israel and Palestine conflict was used as a case study and to frame the analysis, the research data were collected through a series of questionnaires. As concluded by Kim, Amouzegar, and Ao 2016), local media are a potential tool deescalating in global conflict, our finding show that local media are source of peace building and conflict deescalating however international media interfere into conflict management according to his national interest and as an instrument of influencing foreign policy to the parties involve. We finally concluded that the current and future relationship and level of tension between Israel and Palestine can be predicted by Al jazera.

Published

2019-05-27 — Updated on 2020-06-21

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