From Head to Hand to Global Community: Social Media, Digital Diplomacy, and Post-conflict Peacebuilding in Kosovo

Autor: Noorie K. Brantmeier, Behar Xharra, Edward J. Brantmeier, Jayson W. Richardson
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Palgrave Studies in Educational Media ISBN: 9783030509484
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-50949-1_4
Popis: Brantmeier et al. articulate social media as a “liminal space” between the mind and embodied action. They address questions about social media’s pedagogical potential for consciousness-raising and political mobilization in collective community efforts at change, reconciliation, and renewal. The authors point to digital diplomacy initiatives in Kosovo that promote a positive national identity in the aftermath of violence to demonstrate how social media can be used to erode tensions and build interfaith harmony in post-conflict environments by illuminating ideas to diverse audiences, thereby mobilizing communities to challenge historical power dynamics and hierarchies. Authors conclude that in post-conflict zones, where community voices have been systemically undermined, the accessibility and democracy of knowledge production and consumption on social media is critical to civic engagement and collaborative peacebuilding.
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