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NGO Press Releases: War or Peace Journalism? (Abstract)

Press releases from NGO’s are often perceived as an alternative view of conflicts from a humanitarian perspective. This study explores the elements of Peace Journalism in International NGO press releases related to the Libyan conflict. The monitoring period ranges from January 16th 2011 to October 20th 2011. This study applies Galtung’s framework of Peace Journalism, [...]

Interesting links on Social Media (Twitter)

I stumbled upon these very interesting resources (or rather stimulants) on twitter as a medium. Visualization Also this link, regarding info on bloggers and twitter profiles. http://www.danah.org/projects/IJOC-ArabSpring/

Intercoder reliability test done!!

Forst round of test yielded a Krippendorf’s alpha ratio of 0.413 Corrective process and second  reliability Test done for 10 random articles with Krippendorf’s alpha ratio 0.804.

Sample for inter-coder reliability

http://blog.caritas.org/2011/03/07/libyan-tunisian-border-crossing-is-calm-well-run/ http://blog.caritas.org/2011/03/08/tunislibyanborder/ http://blog.caritas.org/2011/03/09/%E2%80%9Cstaying-in-libya-far-too-dangerous%E2%80%9D/ http://blog.caritas.org/2011/03/18/growing-tension-among-migrants-in-the-salloum-border-camp/ http://blog.caritas.org/2011/03/23/massive-departures-at-the-salloum-border-camp/ http://blog.caritas.org/2011/03/23/the-story-of-samer-and-maryam-palestinian-migrants-fleeing-from-libya/ http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/03/02/wake-and-smell-jasmine http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/02/16/libya-arrests-assaults-advance-planned-protests http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/02/17/libya-security-forces-fire-day-anger-demonstrations http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/02/18/libya-security-forces-kill-84-over-three-days http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/02/20/libya-governments-should-demand-end-unlawful-killings http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/02/22/libya-commanders-should-face-justice-killings http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/publication-type/media-releases/2011/africa/africa-without-qaddafi-the-case-of-chad.aspx http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/publication-type/media-releases/2011/libya-ensuring-a-smooth-and-peaceful-transition-into-the-post-qaddafi-era.aspx http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/publication-type/media-releases/2011/making-sense-of-Libya.aspx http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/publication-type/media-releases/2011/libya-achieving-a-ceasefire-moving-toward-legitimate-government.aspx http://www.rescue.org/blog/irc-supporting-women-new-libya http://www.rescue.org/blog/irc-libya-help-those-whove-fled-fighting http://www.mercycorps.org/sonalshinde/blog/26085 http://www.mercycorps.org/salmabahramy/blog/26077 http://www.mercycorps.org/countries/libya/25567 http://www.mercycorps.org/salmabahramy/blog/24741 http://www.mercycorps.org/umerkhan/blog/24550 http://www.mercycorps.org/cassandranelson/blog/23415 http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/new-libya-%E2%80%99stained%E2%80%99-detainee-abuse-2011-10-13 http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/libya-totally-inadequate-response-eu-states-refugees-stuck-limbo-2011-09-20 http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/libya-ntc-must-take-control-prevent-spiral-abuses-2011-09-12 http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/libya%E2%80%99s-neighbours-must-not-shield-al-gaddafi-prosecution-libya%E2%80%99s-neighbour http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/libya-detainees-left-suffocate-crowded-metal-containers-2011-09-01 http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/libya-fears-detainees-held-anti-gaddafi-forces-2011-08-30

Oxfam Press Release done

Wrapped up the work for Oxfam. ICG and IRC , yet to be done.

Thursday Update

Coding process finalized, almost. Pursuing Workneh’s methodology and adopting same indicators. Lots to read in the coming days. Gladly, we are on the same page. I think

NGOs covered

Oxfam-K IRC-K CARE-Mary Danish Refugee Council- Anna Mercy Corps-Justine Human Rights Watch-Barbara Amnesty International-Mary Action Contre la Faim-Anna ICG-K Action Aid-Justine Open Society Forum-Barbara Caritas-Mary Food for the hungry-Anna

Peace Journalism

“Peace Journalism is a broader, fairer and more accurate way of framing stories, drawing on the insights of conflict analysis and transformation. The Peace Journalism approach provides a new road map for tracing the connections between journalists, their sources, the stories they cover and the consequences of their reporting – the ethics of journalistic intervention. [...]