1st Edition

Disturbing the Peace?

By Graham Spencer Copyright 2005
    218 Pages
    by Routledge

    218 Pages
    by Routledge

    This title was first published in 2000. This study explores how the national television news media has covered the Northern Ireland peace process and its role within the politics of that process. It is particularly concerned with how news and politics interacted and how this affected the promotion and development of peace.

    Introduction; 1: Reporting Northern Ireland: Terrorism and News Management; 2: The Peace Process and News as Part of Peace; 3: Political Perceptions of Reporting and the Peace Process; 4: Journalistic Perceptions of Reporting and the Peace Process; 5: Editorial Perceptions of Reporting and the Peace Process; 6: A Study of News Content: the IRA Ceasefire of August 1994; 7: News, Politics and Conflict; Conclusion

    Biography

    Spencer, Graham