Rehumanizing enemy images: media framing from war to peace
Abstract
W hen a state enters a war or commits mass atrocities against a particular group, the mass media are believed to be essential in mobilizing the public for the upcoming violence in their name. This process can include the creation of enemy images so stripped of their human qualities that their destruction becomes justifiable and even desirable. But what happens when conflicts are ending and the political will emerges for peace and reconciliation? Does the mass media reflect the changing intensity of conflict through its depiction of the enemy? Furthermore, does the mass media help to rehumanize groups that were previously dehumanized? These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
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Fromm cautions that conceiving the end of war as victory or humiliation of the other is both insufficient and dangerous: if the objective is the opponent's destruction, any ensuing 'peace' will be short-lived.
“Fromm cautions that conceiving the end of war as victory or humiliation of the other is both insufficient and dangerous: if the objective is the opponent’s destruction, any ensuing “peace” will be short-lived (Bahador, 2012).”
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- Authors
- Bahador, B.
- Corresponding author
- Bahador, Babak
- ORCID
- Bahador, Babak
- Venue
- Forming a Culture of Peace
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan US
- Published
- 2012
- Pages
- 195-211
- OpenAlex
- W2480142658
- Cited by
- 7
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 1.75
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Palgrave Macmillan US eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Communication › Media Studies and Communication
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Peacebuilding and International Security
- Keywords
- enemy image, dehumanization, rehumanization, media framing, mass atrocities, wartime propaganda, peacebuilding, reconciliation, conflict de-escalation
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