Journal Description
Media, War & Conflict is a major international, peer-reviewed journal that maps the shifting arena of war and conflict in media environments and ecologies. It explores cultural, political, social and technological transformations in the conduct, outcome and consequences of intensively mediated war.
Media, War & Conflict is the first inter- and multi- disciplinary journal to be dedicated to this field. It publishes substantial research articles, essays and reviews. It solicits submissions from academics, professionals and practitioners. The editors are looking for innovative work that contributes to existing debates and identifies emerging challenges in the convergence of media, war and conflict.
Topic coverage includes how media, war and conflict converge in subjects such as:
- Journalism and witnessing
- Security, politics and militaries
- Art, aesthetics, photography, film and popular culture
- Technologies, spatialities and architectures
- Aftermath, reconciliation, peace processes
- Memory, commemoration and archives
- Identity and embodiment
- Practices, cultures and ethics
- Audiences and engagement
- Narratives, legitimation of war and peace
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- by Boris NoordenbosUniversity of Amsterdam, The NetherlandsMedia, War & Conflict, Ahead of Print.
- by Tereza Plíštilová, Zuzana LizcováCharles University, Prague, Czech RepublicMedia, War & Conflict, Ahead of Print. This article explores the dynamics of adopting and contesting strategic narratives, focusing on how German media received Israel’s narratives during the early stages of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The authors propose that states that maintain …
- by Jefferson Lyndon D RagragioUniversity of the Philippines Los Baños, Laguna, PhilippinesUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USAMedia, War & Conflict, Ahead of Print. The Permanent Court of Arbitration ruled in favor of the Philippines over China’s maritime claim in 2016. Hostile activities by the China Coast Guard were documented years before the ruling but it was in 2023 when sustained attacks against the Philippine …
- by Katarzyna Molek-Kozakowska, Isabela-Anda DragomirMedia, War & Conflict, Ahead of Print. This study explores the ongoing coverage of the war in Ukraine with special attention paid to how media editors of 15 most prominent mainstream outlets in Poland, a country known for its pro-Ukrainian stance, neutralize Russia’s justifications for the …
- by Tetyana LokotSchool of Communications, Dublin City University, IrelandMedia, War & Conflict, Ahead of Print.
- by Yair GalilyReichman University, Herzliya, IsraelMedia, War & Conflict, Ahead of Print. This commentary explores the rally-around-the-flag effect in Israeli journalism during the 2024 Gaza war, where heightened national solidarity has shaped media coverage. Historically, Israeli media has aligned with government narratives during conflicts, …
- by Diana KazarianIndependent Researcher, New York, NY, USAMedia, War & Conflict, Ahead of Print. The debate surrounding the religious dimension of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is practically as old as the conflict itself. Despite credible historical evidence that religious differences are not a causal factor of the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan,…
- by Jose David Ortega ChávezUniversity of Winchester, UKMedia, War & Conflict, Ahead of Print. This article contributes to the understanding of the role of the media in peace processes. By applying Wolfsfeld’s politics–media–politics model, the author assesses the role that the Colombian media played at the moment of the worst escalation of the …
- by Hossein DavariDamghan University, IranMedia, War & Conflict, Ahead of Print.
- by Rutendo ChabikwaOxford Internet Institution, University of Oxford, UKMedia, War & Conflict, Ahead of Print.
- by Øyvind Kalnes, Nina M. BjørgeMedia, War & Conflict, Ahead of Print. This study discusses the use of TikTok during the war that began with the Russian attack on Ukraine in February 2022. TikTok has been the fastest growing social media channel and is known for its young user base. Although associated with lifestyle and …
- by Jessica Trisko Darden, Izabela Steflja, Amanda WintersieckMedia, War & Conflict, Ahead of Print. Building on research on victims and perpetrators of political violence and their depiction in the media, this article highlights the conceptual and practical challenge of specifying the process by which individuals acquire a morally ambiguous or ‘complex’ …
- by Alexandra PavliucOxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, UKMedia, War & Conflict, Ahead of Print. This article analyses the gendered differences in digital political communication of Ukrainian politicians and international figures on Twitter/X during Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion. Narratives are captured using a structural topic model of 130,000 …
- by Kathryn Brimblecombe-FoxMedia, War & Conflict, Ahead of Print. Against a background of contemporary hyperconnected warfare and accelerating advances in drone/robotic systems, this article discusses the airborne drone in relation to concepts of surrender, both historic and contemporary, literal and metaphoric. Drawing …
- by Rana Arafat, Sahar KhamisMedia, War & Conflict, Ahead of Print. When TikTok started as a youth-oriented platform, it was mostly used for light entertainment, including music, songs and dance clips. Today, however, it is often relied upon as a hub for social and political activism. Hashtags are an important affordance …
- by Liz HallgrenUniversity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USAMedia, War & Conflict, Ahead of Print. A close reading of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s self-produced social media content alongside Western news outlets’ profiles of Zelensky from the first months of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 illuminates a symbiotic relationship of …
- by Agnieszka Węglińska, Aleksandra Seklecka, Wojciech Peszyński, Bogusław WęglińskiMedia, War & Conflict, Ahead of Print. The Russo–Ukrainian (RU) conflict serves to illustrate the vital role of modern technological tools which are employed on a wide scale by journalists, military personnel and civilians. The internet and social media have had an impact on the work of war …
- by Antal Wozniak, Zixiu Liu, Fabienne LindMedia, War & Conflict, Ahead of Print. How closely does news coverage in independent media outlets in non-Western countries follow domestic political elites’ interpretations of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? And how much attention do newsrooms pay to geopolitical aspects of the issue compared …
- by Morten G Ender, Alexandra Hyde, Maria RashidMedia, War & Conflict, Ahead of Print.
- by Ksenia Ermoshina, Francesca MusianiCentre Internet et Société, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), Paris, FranceMedia, War & Conflict, Ahead of Print. The controversies surrounding the right to privacy of individuals in a hyperconnected world are longstanding debates, where particular emphasis is placed on encryption technologies, which encode information by converting its original representations into …