The Nexus Between Individual Level Influences and Conflict Reporting
Abstract
Peace journalism is a type of journalism that focuses on promoting peace and conflict resolution. This approach to journalism seeks to report on conflict situations in a way that highlights peaceful solutions and minimizes the glamorization of violence. The main objective of this study is to examine the impact of different level of influences on peace journalism. The results showed that different factors affect peace journalism. It is evident that majority of the sampled journalists are strongly agreed or agreed with the statement that “personnel background, professional background, educational level of the journalist, training of the journalist, experience of the journalism, personnel background of the journalist and religious sect of the journalist influences the journalist work in the conflict zone.
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