Foreword

Scott Althaus



Part I: Comparative, Diachronic and Holistic: Conceptualising Theoretical Paths for the Analysis of Conflict News Coverage and Public Discourse on Armed Conflicts



Introduction

Romy Frohlich



1. Dissecting Media Roles in Conflict: A Transactionist Process Model of Conflict News Production, Dissemination, and Influence

Christian Baden & Christoph O. Meyer



Part II: The Dynamics of Public Discourse(s) on Wars and Armed Conflicts: Media Content, Strategic Communication and Conflict-Related Cognition



2. Not so Bad News? Investigating Journalism’s Contribution to What’s Bad, and Good, in News on Violent Conflict

Christian Baden & Keren Tenenboim-Weinblatt



3. The Dynamics of Strategic Communication over Time: Patterns of Persuasive Communication and its Relevance for the Construction of Discourse on War and Conflict

Romy Frohlich & Marc Jungblut



4. The Dynamics of Parliamentary Debates on War and Conflict: Assessing the Impact and Role of the Media on the Political Agenda

Rosa Berganza, Beatriz Herrero-Jimenez & Adolfo Carratala



5. #iProtest: The Case of the Colourful Revolution in Macedonia

Dimitra Dimitrakopoulou & Sergios Lenis



Part III: The Dynamics of Conflict News Production as a Social Process: Key Actors’ (Changing) Roles and Their Interrelations



6. Journalism of War and Conflict: Generic and Conflict-related Influences on News Production

Thomas Hanitzsch & Abit Hoxha



7. The enduring value of reliable facts: Why NGOs have become more influential in conflict discourse

Eric Sangar & Christoph O. Meyer



8. Political Leaders, Media, and Violent Conflict in the Digital Age

Gadi Wolfsfeld & Linor Tsifroni



9. A Game of Frames in Conflict Transformation: Mapping the Media Active Publics’ Nexus of Competing Conflict Frames

Igor Micevski and Snezana Trpevska



10. Balancing plausible lies and false truths: Perception and evaluation of the local and global news coverage of conflicts in the DRC

Marie-Soleil Frere & Anke Fiedler



Part IV: Recapitulation, Consolidation, Implication



11. The Integration of Findings: Consequences of Empirical Results for the Advancement of Theory Building

Romy Frohlich



(In cooperation with Christian Baden, Rosa Berganza, Dimitra Dimitrakopoulou, Thomas Hanitzsch, Beatriz Herrero-Jimenez, Abit Hoxha, Marc Jungblut, Christoph O. Meyer, Igor Micevski, Eric Sangar, Keren Tenenboim-Weinblatt, and Snezana Trpevska)



12. Practical Implications and Suggestions for the Applied Fields: Journalism, Media Assistance, NGOs and Politics"

Romy Frohlich



(In cooperation with Christian Baden, Rosa Berganza, Dimitra Dimitrakopoulou, Thomas Hanitzsch, Beatriz Herrero-Jimenez, Marc Jungblut, Christoph O. Meyer, Igor Micevski, Eric Sangar, Keren Tenenboim-Weinblatt and Snezana Trpevska)



Afterword

Philip Seib