{"id":240373,"date":"2023-07-31T12:00:09","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T11:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=240373"},"modified":"2023-08-01T04:34:39","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T03:34:39","slug":"nonviolent-journalism-new-book-offers-pathbreaking-alternatives-to-mainstream-medias-embedded-militarism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2023\/07\/nonviolent-journalism-new-book-offers-pathbreaking-alternatives-to-mainstream-medias-embedded-militarism\/","title":{"rendered":"Nonviolent Journalism: New Book Offers Pathbreaking Alternatives to Mainstream Media’s Embedded Militarism"},"content":{"rendered":"

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22 Jul 2023 – <\/em>Is there such a thing: Nonviolent journalism? Of course, there is. It\u2019s only that we live in a perverted militarist culture and era in which nobody questions the concept of war reporting <\/em>\u2013 rampant everywhere \u2013 but in which most people would probably respond to \u201cnonviolent journalism\u201d with a: What?<\/em><\/p>\n

Those of us in the profession of peace have long known and cherished the theory and practice of peace journalism<\/em> pioneered by TFF Associates like Johan Galtung, Jake Lynch<\/em> and Annabel McGoldrick<\/em>. I don\u2019t think it is a good term in the specific sense that journalists should never promote this or that value but report as honestly and multi-faceted what they see and hear. But its specific quality, in my view, is that peace journalism is about reporting the conflicts<\/em> that violence and wars are rooted in \u2013 and not only the violence<\/em> that most media wallow in today (and implicitly legitimate).<\/p>\n

It also reports on those who work against war and not only those who promote and conduct war \u2013 and searches among the parties for answers to questions like: How can the violence stop and what must be done to move to a more peaceful \u2013 nonviolent \u2013 future and heal the hurt and harm?<\/p>\n

When did you last see a media report \u2013 daily, journal, radio or television report \u2013 which did that as well as<\/em> reporting the violence and all the military details?<\/p>\n

The very least we should reasonably expect of our media is that they don\u2019t directly promote warfare \u2013 by their choice and priorities of stories, warzones, perspectives, footage, reliance on certain experts from military establishments etc. But that is, tragically, exactly what the Western mainstream media (MSM) do 24\/7.<\/p>\n

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Interesting too?<\/span>\u00a0 Martin Luther King and the Black Revolutionary Tradition<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

If you want to explore these issues as presented by professionals around the globe \u2013 both conceptual and as practical manual with fine examples \u2013 I warmly recommend a book just published by the alternative international press agency Pressenza<\/a>, \u201cNonviolent Journalism. A Humanist Approach to Communication.\u201d<\/em> You may order it here from Barnes & Noble<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Pressenza presents its book here<\/a>, and here<\/a> you\u2019ll find two enlightening discussions with one of the editing nonviolent journalists, Tony Robinson<\/em> \u2013 whom we have recently featured here at The Transnational<\/a>. One would wish that other news agencies spent time and resources on serious reflecting on what they do and its consequences\u2026<\/p>\n

I also recommend that you acquaint yourself with Pressenza \u2013 the most high-quality and urgently important global news agency that you have probably never heard about. All about it here \u2013 where you may also subscribe<\/a> to its newsletter \u2013 which I have done for years and look forward to every day.<\/p>\n

There are<\/em> alternatives to the intellectually decaying mainstream media and their embedded militarism. Indeed, there are only alternatives. Like Pressenza.<\/p>\n

I am honoured to have been asked to write the book\u2019s Prologue \u2013 \u201cSelected mainstream media trends over the last 50 years. And how the media became the largest single obstacle to an understanding of our complex world.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Thank you for asking me and for providing such fine cooperation and partnership, dear Tony and Pressenza!<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Prof. Jan Oberg, Ph.D. is director of the <\/em>Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research, TFF<\/em><\/a> and a member of the <\/em>TRANSCEND Network for Peace Development Environment<\/em><\/a>. CV: <\/em>https:\/\/transnational.live\/jan-oberg<\/em><\/a>
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