Communication and peace: Understanding the nature of texts as a way to resolve conceptual differences in the emerging field. (December 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mitra, Saumava
• Other Names: Lynch Jake guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Global media and communication. Volume 11:Number 3(2015:Dec.)
• Page Start: 303
• Page End: 316
• Publication Date: 2015-12
• Subjects: Communication -- media studies -- peace -- peace and conflict studies -- peace journalism; Communication, International -- Periodicals; Communication, International -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; Mass media -- Periodicals; Mass media -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; Mass media and culture -- Periodicals; Globalization -- Periodicals; 302.2
• DOI: 10.1177/1742766515606298
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1742-7665

Abstract

Using the chapters of the edited volume Communication and Peace: Mapping an Emerging Field, the article points out the shared interpretative repertoires of the contributions to build a broader case for commonalities within the diverse field of communication-related disciplines and practices, which share the goal of building/making peace. Furthermore, the article differentiates communication disciplines according to the narrative relationship with the reality of the cultural texts they deal with, categorizes them according to their functions of symbolic creation and symbolic-creating-chronicling and charts them according to their contiguous relationship with peacebuilding/making as a way to unify the field of communication and peace.