Citizens' Media Against Armed Conflict: Disrupting Violence in Colombia

For two years, Clemencia Rodríguez did fieldwork in regions of Colombia where leftist guerillas, right-wing paramilitary groups,...
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Citizens' Media Against Armed Conflict: Disrupting Violence in Colombia by Rodríguez, Clemencia

Citizens' Media Against Armed Conflict: Disrupting Violence in Colombia

¥10,446

Citizens' Media Against Armed Conflict: Disrupting Violence in Colombia

¥10,446
Author: Clemencia Rodríguez
Format: Paperback
Language: English

For two years, Clemencia Rodríguez did fieldwork in regions of Colombia where leftist guerillas, right-wing paramilitary groups, the army, and drug traffickers made their presence felt in the lives of unarmed civilians. Here, Rodríguez tells the story of the ways in which people living in the shadow of these armed intruders use community radio, television, video, digital photography, and the Internet to shield their communities from armed violence's negative impacts.

Citizens' media are most effective, Rodríguez posits, when they understand communication as performance rather than simply as persuasion or the transmission of information. Grassroots media that are deeply embedded in the communities they serve and responsive to local needs strengthen the ability of community members to productively react to violent incursions. Rodríguez demonstrates how citizens' media privilege aspects of community life not hijacked by violence, providing people with the tools and the platform to forge lives for themselves and their families that are not entirely colonized by armed conflict and its effects.

Ultimately, Rodríguez shows that unarmed civilian communities that have been cornered by armed conflict can use community media to repair torn social fabrics, reconstruct eroded bonds, reclaim public spaces, resolve conflict, and sow the seeds of peace and stability.



Author: Clemencia Rodríguez
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 09/19/2011
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780816665846


Review Citation(s):
Choice 05/01/2012

About the Author

Clemencia Rodríguez is professor of communication at the University of Oklahoma.


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