Media, Conflict, and Peacebuilding
Latest from USIP on Media, Conflict, and Peacebuilding
- October 2, 2012 | Publication
The U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP), along with George Washington University, hosted an event on October 2 examining the role of new media in the ongoing Syrian crisis. “Groundtruth: New Media, Technology and the Syrian Crisis” featured activists using social media in their efforts to end Bashar al-Assad’s regime, as well as mainstream journalists reporting on the crisis and policy analysts.
- October 2, 2012 | Event
As part of the U.S. Institute of Peace’s Blogs & Bullets initiative, this event provides analysis and insight into the influence of new media in the Syria crisis, specifically on three types of actors: activists on the ground, journalists and media-makers who are reporting on the crisis, and policy-makers around the world.
Webcast: This event will be webcast live beginning at 9:15am EDT on October 2, 2012 at www.usip.org/webcast. Online viewers will be able to engage panelists and each other through live chat and Twitter discussions (Hashtag: #usipblogs)
- July 20, 2012 | Publication
Minutes into the first scene of the championship rounds, before any of the competitions had started and before any winners or losers could be identified, one of the youth qualifiers started to cry.
- July 10, 2012 | Publication
Based on Twitter and Facebook data gathered during the 2011 Arab revolutions, the authors of this Peaceworks report find that new media informed international audiences and mainstream media reporting, but they find less evidence that it played a direct role in organizing protests or allowing local audiences to share self-generated news directly with one another.
- June 25, 2012 | Publication
National winners were announced by Dr. Richard Solomon, president of USIP, at the conclusion of a week-long program for the individual state winners in Washington, DC.
- June 22, 2012 | News Releases
High school students from the District of Columbia, Minnesota, and Arizona took top honors in the 25th annual National Peace Essay Contest, sponsored by the United States Institute of Peace.
- June 22, 2012 | Publication
Colette Rausch, director of the USIP's Rule of Law Center of Innovation talks about her participation in a conference in Yemen on transitional justice and on how best Yemen can address past abuses in a way that holds perpetrators accountable, compensates for past wrongs, prevents future abuses and promotes social healing and reconciliation.
- June 21, 2012 | Publication
In 2011, USIP made a grant to the nongovernmental organization Free Press Unlimited to build local journalistic capacity and reduce intergroup tensions through the production of weekly radio programs in Dinka and Arabic.
- June 19, 2012 | Publication
The U.S. Institute of Peace hosted a group of senior Pakistani media representatives June 19 to discuss the complex role that the new Pakistani media plays in shaping both domestic and international policies.
- June 19, 2012 | Event
Pakistan's media has undergone a dramatic transformation over the last decade, from being largely state-run to being saturated with satellite television channels, newspapers and radio stations. On June 19, 2012, USIP hosted an event that featured a panel discussion among a number of prestigious media figures from Pakistan and U.S. experts that focused on the complex role that the new Pakistani media plays in shaping both domestic and international policies.
- June 12, 2012 | In the Field
In 2011, USIP made a grant to the nongovernmental organization Free Press Unlimited to build local journalistic capacity and reduce intergroup tensions through the production of weekly radio programs in Dinka and Arabic.
- June 7, 2012 | Publication
"Salam Shabab," a reality competition TV series for Iraqi youth that provides an entertaining platform for a much-needed message of unity and peacebuilding, will be launching its second season of programming later this year after a first season that, according to new research, successfully encouraged viewers to embrace Iraq's ethnic and religious diversity. The program is also receiving international recognition, the UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Special Prize 2012 at the Prix Jeunesse.
- June 7, 2012 | News Releases
The PRIX JEUNESSE Foundation and the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) awarded “Salam Shabab”, an Iraqi youth media project supported by the U.S. Institute of Peace to teach Iraqi teens conflict management skills, with a Special Prize at the foundation’s biannual festival. One of eight prizes awarded, the UNESCO Special Prize recognizes youth television programming that promotes cultural understanding.
- June 7, 2012 | Publication
USIP's Pakistan Program and its Security Sector Governance Center welcomed a delegation of senior Pakistani police officers recently for a discussion on police and law enforcement challenges in Pakistan. USIP's expertise on law enforcement in conflict and post-conflict environments formed the backbone of the afternoon's discussion.
- June 6, 2012 | Publication
In 2011, USIP made a grant to the nongovernmental organization Free Press Unlimited to build local journalistic capacity and reduce intergroup tensions through the production of weekly radio programs in Dinka and Arabic.