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New SIGNIS Media (2/2008): Media, Conflict and Reconciliation

Brussels, July 1st, 2008 (SIGNIS) - The new issue of our magazine SIGNIS Media focuses on the role of the media in the processes of conflict and reconciliation.

(JPEG) Conflict, and violent conflict is very much part of our human reality. Heroic efforts to reconcile protagonist of violent conflict, combating stereotypes and hate have also been part of our history. The role of the media in conflict and reconciliation came to the fore with the infamous Radio Mille Collines incitement to genocide in Rwanda and with a highly mediatised process of Truth and Reconciliation in post-Apartheid South Africa. This issue highlights the growing recognition of the role of the media in conflict and reconciliation. We look at reconciliation in Australia, the efforts of a TV station in Lebanon, and the first Deutsche Welle Forum on “Media in Peace building and Conflict Prevention” and other stories.

Also in this issue: Children and adolescents in film, Cannes, Buenos Aires, Fribourg, Milan and Hong Kong festivals, the Church and the culture of Internet, TV Producers Seminar in Buenos Aires, etc.

Articles online:
-  Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum 2008: Media in Peace Building and Conflict Resolution
-  BAFICI 2008 (anglais)
-  BAFICI 2008: De la culpa a la reconciliación
-  Las Palmas 2008: Al cine independiente le preocupa la familia

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