Media and Conflict : Escalating Evil

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table Of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Conflict And Evil -- Images Of Evil -- Humiliation -- Conclusion -- Chapter 1: Living With Others: The Inevitable Conflict -- Others And Conflicts -- The Dynamics Of Conflict: The Escalation Spiral -- Anxiety -- Agitation -- Alienation -- Accusation In A Mirror -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2: Media And The Spiral Of Escalation -- Mediatized Conflict -- Studies On Media Violence -- Media And Anxiety -- Climate Crisis -- Mental Health Crisis -- Financial Crisis -- Media And Agitation -- Media And Alienation -- Dehumanizing Language And Genocide -- The Huntington Thesis -- Media And Accusation In A Mirror -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3: Taming The Spiral Of Escalation -- Communication And Conflict -- Peace Journalism -- Human Rights Reparations -- The Mont Fleur Experience -- Beyond Peace Journalism -- New Media -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4: Mindful Communication -- Mindfulness -- The Modalities Of Mindless Versus Mindful Communication -- Training -- Children -- Music Teaching -- Enabling Environment -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5: The Communicative City -- Disarming Conversation -- Right To The Communicative City -- Heterogeneity -- Speed -- Mindlessness -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6: Collective Evil: Can It Happen Again? -- Collective Conflict And Evil-doing -- The Present State Of Group Conflict In The World -- The Three Essential Conflicts Today -- Urban-based Conflicts -- Resource-based Conflicts -- Identity-based Conflicts -- The Recurrence Of Lethal Collective Conflict In Contemporary History -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7: International Media Alert System (imas) -- Crimes Against Humanity -- Early Alert -- Elimination Beliefs -- International Law -- Prosecution And Trial -- The International Military Tribunal Of Nuremberg. The International Tribunal On Genocide In Rwanda -- The Freedom Of Expression -- Is Hate Speech A Crime? -- Research Needed -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8: Learning From Albert Camus -- Utopianism -- Realism -- Absolutism Versus Reflexivity -- Sisyphism -- Final Thoughts -- Notes -- References -- Further Reading -- Index -- About The Author.