An Integrative Approach to Building Peace Using Digital Media

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ID13047301
AuthorsP Grünewald (corresponding author), Mark Hedges (0000-0002-8668-8170, King's College London)
Year2020
Volume16
Issue2
Pages179-193
Publication date2020-10-30
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Peacebuilding & Development (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2165-7440 • E-ISSN: 1542-3166
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1542316620966256
OpenAlexW3096372335
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited15

The purpose of this article is to offer scholars and practitioners a more coherent and holistic starting point for asking questions about information and communication technologies for peacebuilding than has been available so far. A transdisciplinary proposal is made that applies critical pedagogy of peace education to the way that digital media can be used to build peace in communities and societies. This argument is further underpinned by insights from cognitive science and social psychology. The concept of sociotechnical consciousness is developed, which describes what it is like to be experiencing a sociotechnical system. We conclude that, to deploy digital media as part of peacebuilding initiatives, the media’s impact on individuals and groups deserve as much consideration as the content that is delivered via these media. This has important implications for how to design and use media in peacebuilding contexts

Argument (complex analysis · Consciousness · Digital media · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Knowledge management · Peacebuilding · Political science · Public relations · Social media · Sociology · Sociotechnical system · Computer Science · Engineering · Indian History and Philosophy · Law · Peace and Human Rights Education · Peacebuilding and International Security

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