This book explores the potential of social media as a space for teaching and bringing about sustainable peace. Using cutting-edge research, the editors and authors analyze the fundamental transformations taking place in the digital and interactive public sphere, most recently with the advent of the ‘post-truth’ age and the impact of this upon young people’s perceptions of ‘friend’ and ‘foe’. Peace initiatives at almost every level recognize the importance of education for sustainable peace: this volume examines the opportunities emerging from these societal transformations for both formal and informal education. This book will appeal to students and scholars of social media, peace education and the post-truth age.
Author(s): M. Ayaz Naseem, Adeela Arshad-Ayaz
Series: Palgrave Studies in Educational Media
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 233
City: Cham
Series Editors’ Foreword
Preface: Social Media, Cooperation and Civic Engagement
References
Contents
Notes on Contributors
List of Tables
1: Introduction: Peace 2.0: Social Media as an Interactive and Participatory Space for Sustainable Peace Education
References
2: A Group of Youth Learn Why and How to Disrupt Online Discourses and Social Media Propaganda Around Syrian Refugees
Introduction
Youth Versus News on Social Media
Gap in the Civic Education Curriculum
Methodology
Discussion and Findings
Knowledge of Oneself
First, participants filter online posts about the Syrian refugee crisis before reading them
Second, participants recognize the image of Syrian refugees the public is led to believe by the media
Third, participants construct an image of the anti-Syrian refugee Canadians (ASRC) based on social media content and behaviours
Fourth, participants identify factors that potentially influence attitudes towards refugees
Fifth, participants’ online passiveness results from perceived barriers online
Developed skills: Critical thinking and empathy
From briefed bystanders to influential agents of change: Participants realize that they can and must disrupt the online discourses around Syrian refugees
Conclusion
References
3: Finding Ways to Connect: Potential Role of Social Media in Peace Education
Challenges to Dialogue in a Traditional Classroom Setting
Key Considerations Before Using Social Media for Peace Education
Reinforces Existing Viewpoints
Promotes Shallow Communication
Supports Epistemological, Linguistic and Technological Hegemony
The Affordances of Social Media for Intergroup Communication
Compatibility with Critical-Dialogical Learning Processes
Facilitates Access to Multiple and Non-dominant Perspectives and Ways of Knowing
Develops Skills to Engage in Public Discourse
Conclusion
References
4: From Head to Hand to Global Community: Social Media, Digital Diplomacy, and Post-conflict Peacebuilding in Kosovo
Analytical Domains of ICT4Peace
Case Study: Historical Context, Contemporary Challenges in Kosovo
Digital Diplomacy Through the InstaKosova Competition
Methods
Data Analysis
Discussion
Peace Education or Propaganda?
Conclusions
References
5: Educating for Sustainable Peace: Neoliberalism and the Pedagogical Potential of Social Media in Creating Conditions for Civic Engagement and Peace
Education and the Neoliberal Context
Economy-Driven Educational Agenda
Normalization of Neoliberal Disciplinary Apparatus of Power
Understanding Social Media
Social Media, Civic Engagement, and Education1
Social Media, Civic Engagement and Educating for Sustainable Peace1
Paulo2
Sara Lee
Conclusions
References
6: Social Media for Peacebuilding: Going Beyond Slacktivim and Hashtagavism to Sustainable Engagement
Introduction
What Is Social Media?
The Connection of Social Media to Peacebuilding
Connecting Peacebuilders
Addressing Conflict and Building Peace
Connecting Conflict Affected Groups
Challenges in Addressing Conflict and Peace
Advocating for Peace
Social Media as a Generator of Conflict
Core Skills Needed for Social Media for Peacebuilding
Conclusion
References
7: Gendered Hashtactivism: Civic Engagement in Saudi Arabia
Mapping the Twitterverse in Saudi Arabia
Gendered Twitter Use and Civic Engagement
Twitter and Employment
Shura (Consultative) Council
Twitter Combatting Corruption
Twitter and the Authorities
Conclusion
References
8: The Peace Educational Potential of Social Media: Multilogues of National Self-Regeneration in the Pakistani Blogosphere
The Blogosphere
Social Media: The New “Town” and “Factory”
National and Societal Self-Regeneration in the Pakistani Blogosphere
“Confessions of a Hijabi”: The Journey; the Choice
My Name Is Khan and I Am a Terrorist
Conclusions
References
9: Tavaana: E-Learning and the Online Civic Sphere in Post-Revolutionary Iran
The Iranian Civic Sphere
Internet as Social Capital: An Iranian Experience
The Case of Tavaana
Democracy Advocacy
Civic (Internet) Initiatives
Democratic Peace as/Through Technology
References
10: Social Bots for Peace: Combating Automated Control with Automated Civic Engagement?
Introduction
Bots and Computational Propaganda
Bots and Peace Education
Case Study: Build Up’s Online Peace Initiatives
Case Study: Botivist
Conclusion: Bots as a Tool for Peacebuilders
References
Index
