Presentation that accompanies lecture I deliver on media and peacebuilding at the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies

1. Media, Peace & Conflict in Sri Lanka Sanjana Hattotuwa

3. Statistics

4. Modes of Information in Sri Lanka

8. Media and conflict

10. Media and Conflict There is nothing wrong with our editorial policy ! What the hell is going on? Every single person here has a different perspective What a jackass ! We must have more balanced coverage I feel left out… Why am I the only woman here?

11. Truth?

13. What are the problems you see with media?

17. Media in Conflict Transformation

19. Framing and defining the conflict Encouraging a balance of power Identifying the interests underlying the issues Channel of communication between parties Confidence-building Counteracting misperceptions Face saving and consensus-building Analyzing the conflict Media Roles in Peacebuilding

20. Process Events

22. Media as a shared space

25. Two (different) films

26. New Media

27. New Media / Citizens Media “ As media proliferate and as the world becomes the more volatile and unpredictable, the greater becomes the need to organise citizens’ media associations and to promote community based media which alone can serve as balancing factors to check the unhealthy dominance of State-media and corporate media.” Javid Jabbar, Convenor, Citizens Media Commission, Pakistan http://www.wiredet.com/cmd/files/studies.asp

29. http://www.jnw.lk

30. Mobile Phones & Citizen Journalism

33. www.youtube.com

34. www.flickr.com

35. http://radio.voicesofpeace.lk

36. http://www.groundviews.org

38. http://www.vikalpa.org

39. Growth of new media producers and users globally

42. Thank You