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10 - The Language of Peace in Conflict Transformation

A Critical Analysis of the New York Times’ Coverage of the Israeli–Palestinian Peace Agreement and Its Role in the Discursive Context of the Oslo Negotiations

from Part III - Media Discourse and Conflict Resolution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 April 2022

By
Giuliana Tiripelli
Edited by
Innocent Chiluwa
Innocent Chiluwa
Affiliation:
Covenant University, Nigeria
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Summary

This chapter examines the relation between language and conflict resolution, by focusing on the beginning of the Israeli–Palestinian peace process in 1993 as it was represented by the New York Times. It analyzes the front-page articles dedicated to this dialogue and discusses the results in the context of the diplomatic negotiations and the political and social discourses of peace available at the time. The chapter also shows how the diplomatic discourse concealed opposite views of the peace process, and it maps the transfer of dominant discourses of peace from the political and social levels to the media and diplomatic ones. Finally, it discusses the implications of such dynamics for peace achievement.

Keywords

newsjournalismdiscoursepeace processdiplomacyIsrael/Palestinemedia role for peace
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Discourse, Media, and Conflict
Examining War and Resolution in the News
 , pp. 235 - 256
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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