Abstract
When a state enters a war or commits mass atrocities against a particular group, the mass media are believed to be essential in mobilizing the public for the upcoming violence in their name. This process can include the creation of enemy images so stripped of their human qualities that their destruction becomes justifiable and even desirable. But what happens when conflicts are ending and the political will emerges for peace and reconciliation? Does the mass media reflect the changing intensity of conflict through its depiction of the enemy? Furthermore, does the mass media help to rehumanize groups that were previously dehumanized?
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Bahador, B. (2012). Rehumanizing Enemy Images: Media Framing from War to Peace. In: Korostelina, K.V. (eds) Forming a Culture of Peace. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137105110_9
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