276. Name: Jorge Antonio Salgado Salhani Title: Peace Journalism and the Syrian Refugees (Brazilian G1 and Al Jazeera English Websites) Institution: Universidade Estadual Paulista Country: Brazil Date: 2019 Language: Portuguese Abstract: Within the context of Peace Journalism, as a concept that emerges from Peace Studies, this research investigated in which ways the journalistic activity can assist in deconstructing the structures of violence, hence representing public interest and strengthening democracy and a culture of peace. The present study performed a content analysis of news websites Brazilian G1 and Qatari Al Jazeera English (AJE) based on the Peace Journalism framework. The case of the Syrian refugees from 2015 on was the main theme of the analyzed news stories. The categories of the content analysis were typology of violence, sociopolitical context, timeline, sources, culture of peace initiatives, and adaptation and culture. The results of the analyses of 104 stories show that in both websites there are elements of Peace Journalism, as well as War Journalism’s ones - the latter theoretically opposes the Peace Journalism framework. For instance, G1 and AJE prioritize news that foregrounds structural violence, and include in their content information on social and political conjuncture of Middle Eastern refugees. Regarding the sources, AJE stories are the ones that incorporate statements from political authorities the most.
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