Title: The propaganda of peace : the role of media and culture in the Northern Ireland peace process /
Authors: McLaughlin, Greg.; Baker, Stephen.; Baker, Stephen
Publisher: Intellect,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Peace movements Northern Ireland; Propaganda Northern Ireland.; Northern Ireland Politics and government.; Northern Ireland Politics and government; Northern Ireland Politics and government
Abstract: "When political opponents lan Paisley and Martin McGuiness were confirmed as First Minister and Deputy First Minister of a new Northern Ireland executive in May 2007, a chapter was closed on Northern Ireland's troubled past. A dramatic realignment of politics had brought these irreconcilable enemies together--and the media played a significant role in persuading the public to accept this startling change. The Propaganda of Peace places their role in a wider cultural context and examines a broad range of factual and fictional representations, from journalism and public museum exhibitions to film, television drama and situation comedy. The authors propose a radically different theoretical and methodological approach to the media's role in reporting and representing. They ask whether the 'propaganda of peace' actually promotes the abandonment of a politically engaged public sphere at the very moment when public debate about neo-liberalism. financial meltdown and social and economic inequality make it most necessary."--Page 4 of cover.
Contents: Defining the propaganda of peace -- Framing the Good Friday agreement -- Public history and the peace process -- The changing images of the paramilitaries -- Representing 'ordinary people' and politics -- No alternative Ulster.