The propaganda of peace
Subtitle: the role of media and culture in the Northern Ireland peace process
By: Greg McLaughlin and Stephen Baker
Contributors: Baker, Stephen (Stephen J.)
Publisher: Intellect
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Bristol, UK; Chicago, USA
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 108
ISBN-13: 9781841503936; 9781841502724; 9781282759602
Subjects: Politics and government; Peace movements; Social Science; Relations; Great Britain; Northern Ireland; Great Britain. Treaties, etc. Ireland, 1998 Apr. 10; Propaganda; HISTORY
Description: "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."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [99]-103) and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Defining the propaganda of peace; title: Framing the Good Friday agreement; title: Public history and the peace process; title: The changing images of the paramilitaries; title: Representing 'ordinary people' and politics; title: No alternative Ulster.