The Center for International Media Assistance announces the release of a new report entitled Digital Media in Conflict-Prone Societies, by Ivan Sigal:
In this report, Sigal, executive director of Global Voices, a nonprofit online global citizens’ media initiative, examines the potential for digital media to foster peace or to foment violence in conflict-prone societies. Today media affect war more than ever before. Digital media technologies—particularly participatory, networked tools—have increased communication and information dissemination in conflict settings, affecting all sides and allowing any citizen to be a producer as well as a consumer of news. These new tools, Sigal says in his report, can be used to build communication systems that encourage dialogue and nonviolent political solutions.
The report recommends that the international media development community adapt its conflict-zone programs to fit a new media environment, designing projects that encompass digital media applications, encourage more open communities, provide venues for dialogue, and reduce control of information.
Digital Media in Conflict-Prone Societies is available for download here, along with previous CIMA reports and videos of CIMA discussions and events. Also on the site is a comprehensive bibliographic database of media assistance resources with information on more than 800 reports, articles, books, and manuals related to the media assistance field. For more information on CIMA, explore its Web site here of contact them at CIMA@ned.org.
Recent Comments