INFOCORE - (In)forming conflict prevention: The role of media in violent conflict

Dissertations

Below, you find a list of completed doctoral dissertations that emerged from the INFOCORE project.

 

Sociology Compass Journalism Studies
Media, War & Conflict Journalism Practice
Dr. Yonatan Gonen
Doctoral Thesis: Interactions between journalists and media from two sides of a conflict
Institution: Department of Communication and Journalism, The Hebrew U of Jerusalem
Supervisors: Prof. Keren Tenenboim-Weinblatt & Prof. Zohar Kampf, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Approved: 22 July 2020

Publications included in the cumulative Dissertation:
  • Gonen, Y. (2018). Journalists–sources relationship in violent conflicts coverage: Shifting dynamics. Sociology Compass, 12(7). doi: 10.1111/soc4.12595
  • Gonen, Y., and Hoxha, A. (2019). Interactions between journalists located in different sides of a conflict: a comparative study of two conflict zones. Journalism Studies, 20(16), 2495-2512. doi: 10.1080/1461670X.2019.1604154
  • Gonen, Y., Tenenboim-Weinblatt, K., and Kampf, Z. (forthcoming). Mediating the opponent’s news: A study of inter-media citations in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Media, War & Conflict.
  • Gonen, Y., Kampf, Z., and Tenenboim-Weinblatt, K. (2020). Textual reservations in conflict situations: How the Israeli and Palestinian media treat each other’s coverage. Journalism Practice. doi: 10.1080/17512786.2020.1796764

 
 

Automatic Extraction of Agendas for Action from News Coverage of Violent Conflict Dr. Katsiaryna Stalpouskaya
Doctoral Thesis: Automatic Extraction of Agendas for Action from News Coverage of Violent Conflict
Institution: Institute of Communication Studies and Media Research, LMU Munich
Supervisors: Prof. Romy Fröhlich, LMU Munich & Dr. Christian Baden, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Defended: 17 July 2019

Published version (in press):
Stalpouskaya, K. (2020). Automatic extraction of agendas for action from news coverage of violent conflict. Munich, Germany: LMU Munich.

 
 

Strategic Communication and its Role in Conflict News Dr. Marc Jungblut
Doctoral Thesis: Strategic Communication and its Role in Conflict News: A Computational Analysis of the International News Coverage on Four Conflicts
Institution: Institute of Communication Studies and Media Research, LMU Munich
Supervisor: Prof. Romy Fröhlich, LMU Munich
Defended: 05 June 2019

Published version:
Jungblut, M. (2020). Strategic communication and its role in conflict news. A computational analysis of the international news coverage on four conflicts. Wiesbaden, Germany: Springer VS. doi: 10.1007/978-3-658-29122-8.