Responsible conflict reporting: Rethinking the role of journalism in Fiji and other troubled Pacific societies

This article moots the idea of ‘responsible conflict reporting’ in Fiji and the South Pacific. Prolonged conflict, including three coups since 1987, has resulted in a pattern of social and economic decline in Fiji. In Melanesia as a whole, internal conflict is seen as a major security threat. The pr...

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Autor principal:	Shailendra Singh
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Asia Pacific Network 2013
Materias:	Conflict reporting Conflict resolution Fiji Genocide Development journalism Media watchdog Communication. Mass media P87-96 Journalism. The periodical press, etc. PN4699-5650
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:4093bb4f038d484e811f727f365354fb2021-12-02T09:09:42ZResponsible conflict reporting: Rethinking the role of journalism in Fiji and other troubled Pacific societies10.24135/pjr.v19i1.2411023-94992324-2035https://doaj.org/article/4093bb4f038d484e811f727f365354fb2013-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/241https://doaj.org/toc/1023-9499https://doaj.org/toc/2324-2035This article moots the idea of ‘responsible conflict reporting’ in Fiji and the South Pacific. Prolonged conflict, including three coups since 1987, has resulted in a pattern of social and economic decline in Fiji. In Melanesia as a whole, internal conflict is seen as a major security threat. The proposed responsible conflict reporting framework can be seen as a response to these longstanding trends and concerns. The framework is informed by various concepts in conflict resolution, peace-building, peace journalism and development journalism. By fusing the appropriate themes from these related but disparate frameworks, responsible conflict reporting goes beyond typical media interventions that focus mostly on current ‘hot conflicts’ without adequately addressing their long-term, structural causes.Shailendra SinghAsia Pacific NetworkarticleConflict reportingConflict resolutionFijiGenocideDevelopment journalismMedia watchdogCommunication. Mass mediaP87-96Journalism. The periodical press, etc.PN4699-5650ENPacific Journalism Review, Vol 19, Iss 1 (2013)
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topic	Conflict reporting Conflict resolution Fiji Genocide Development journalism Media watchdog Communication. Mass media P87-96 Journalism. The periodical press, etc. PN4699-5650
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description	This article moots the idea of ‘responsible conflict reporting’ in Fiji and the South Pacific. Prolonged conflict, including three coups since 1987, has resulted in a pattern of social and economic decline in Fiji. In Melanesia as a whole, internal conflict is seen as a major security threat. The proposed responsible conflict reporting framework can be seen as a response to these longstanding trends and concerns. The framework is informed by various concepts in conflict resolution, peace-building, peace journalism and development journalism. By fusing the appropriate themes from these related but disparate frameworks, responsible conflict reporting goes beyond typical media interventions that focus mostly on current ‘hot conflicts’ without adequately addressing their long-term, structural causes.
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title	Responsible conflict reporting: Rethinking the role of journalism in Fiji and other troubled Pacific societies
title_short	Responsible conflict reporting: Rethinking the role of journalism in Fiji and other troubled Pacific societies
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Responsible conflict reporting: Rethinking the role of journalism in Fiji and other troubled Pacific societies

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