Conflict and crisis communication
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This research theme comprises work in the following areas:
- International politics and communication
- Media coverage of war and conflict and humanitarian crisis communication
- The role of factual media in post-conflict reconstruction
- News media and foreign policy formulation
- Propaganda and strategic communication
- The role of identity and narratives in international politics
- Political imagining, memory and emotion
- The protection of journalists
Current and recent work
FemmepowermentAfrique
Led by Dr Emma Heywood, the FemmepowermentAfrique project is supporting women's empowerment through radio in some of the world's poorest nations.
Key researchers
PhD students
Current and recent PhD students working in this area include:
- Divya Jha
- Ben Lindsley
- Jake Mason
- Michael Quinn
- Sara Torsner