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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, [...]

Human Rights Watch

Dear colleagues, kindly note that the total nos of press releases for Human Rights Watch and the time period 16th January until End-April 2011 will be about 39. Best Barbara  

More on Amnesty

Kundan  I have just cross checked  the Amnesty international articles and they are not 52, they are 56, so I have labelled from bottom up e.g K1 K2 to K28, from Top down I have labelled M1 to M28 please check the new document.

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

Done with the sample for the inter coder

Happy Research Project Easter Celebrations Team!

What a nice memorable Easter! am already enjoying the occasion with my excel sheet in front of me!

Ready for pretest

done with coding the sample for pre-test. which intrument are going to use, Kudan any idea yet?

Sample for intercoder

Good morning Barbara, we are using the 30 articles Kundan allocated to us last evening, they were selected randomly from all NGOs, if you are still in HI please find me in seminar room 3.Thanks

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

links for inter coder testing

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://blog.caritas.org/2011/04/08/migrants-blocked-in-camps-at-libyan-borders-eager-to-go-home/   http://blog.caritas.org/2012/03/30/7965/   http://www.caritas.org/newsroom/press_releases/PressRelease04_03_11.html   http://www.caritas.org/newsroom/press_releases/PressRelease24_06_11.html  

Shared work

Human Rights Watch — Now coding Press releaes effective from May2011-

Thanks

Anna thanks for the Galtung’s suggestion and I will be glad if you offer me a hand on some of the NGOs I have, since you have finished.