The Handbook of Research on Examining Global Peacemaking in the Digital Age is a pivotal reference source for the latest research findings on the utilization of peacemaking in media, leadership, and religion.

Table of Contents

• Book Series
• Mission
• Coverage
• Editorial Advisory Board
• Foreword
• Preface
• INTRODUCTION
• THE PROBLEM OF PEACEMAKING
• MAIN THREATS TO WORLD PEACE
• SOCIAL ACTION AS A SOLUTION
• THE PROBLEM OF MEDIA
• THE PROBLEM OF LEADERSHIP
• THE PROBLEM OF GOVERNMENT REPRESSION
• THE PROBLEM OF RELIGION
• SOLUTIONS FOR PEACE IN THE DIGITAL AGE
• REFERENCES
• Acknowledgment
• Section 1: The Problem of Peacemaking
• Chapter 1: Trends in Peace Research
• ABSTRACT
• INTRODUCTION
• BACKGROUND
• CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH CYBER DÉTENTE COULD LEAD TO LASTING PEACE
• CYBER THREATS: PROBLEMS OF DENOTATION, (HYPER) SECURITIZATION AND DESECURITIZATION
• FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
• CONCLUSION
• REFERENCES
• KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
• Chapter 2: Sacred and Secular Activists Are Now Joining Their Strategies for Peacebuilding
• ABSTRACT
• INTRODUCTION
• RECENT TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF PEACEBUILDING
• NEW PEACEBUILDING NETWORKS AND THE HOPE FOR A CULTURE OF PEACE
• CONCLUSION
• REFERENCES
• Section 2: Main Threats to World Peace
• Chapter 3: The Role of Education in Reducing the Threat of Nuclear War
• ABSTRACT
• INTRODUCTION
• BACKGROUND
• INVENTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
• THE NUCLEAR THREAT IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
• NUCLEAR TESTS
• THE CONSEQUENCES OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS USE
• THE ROLE OF EDUCATION IN REDUCING THE THREAT OF A NUCLEAR WAR
• SOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
• FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
• CONCLUSION
• REFERENCES
• KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
• Chapter 4: Minimizing the Danger of Nuclear Weapons
• ABSTRACT
• INTRODUCTION
• CONCLUSION
• REFERENCES
• Chapter 5: Mutual Understanding in the Age of Vulnerable Truth
• ABSTRACT
• INTRODUCTION
• THE INFORMATIONAL NATURE OF GROUP IDENTITY AND CONFLICT
• PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT IN DISCURSIVE CONFRONTATION
• TECHNOLOGICAL REVELATION OF COGNITIVE VULNERABILITY
• THE INTERTWINING OF THE WILL TO KNOW AND THE WILL TO POWER
• DISTORTION OF TRUTH IN THE UTILIZATION OF ICT
• EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS FOR BUILDING PEACE
• CONCLUSION
• REFERENCES
• Section 3: Social Actions as a Solution
• Chapter 6: Process Documentation of Interfaith Peacebuilding Cycle
• ABSTRACT
• INTRODUCTION
• FREEDOM OF PROCESS DOCUMENTATION
• FREEDOM FROM CULTURAL VIOLENCE
• FREEDOM IN INTERFAITH PEACEBUILDING
• FREEDOM TO ATTAIN LESSONS LEARNED
• CONCLUSION
• REFERENCES
• Chapter 7: Tackling Islamic Terrorism and Radicalism in Indonesia by Increasing the Sense of Humanity and Friendship
• ABSTRACT
• INTRODUCTION
• THE RISE OF ISLAMIC TERRORISM IN INDONESIA AND HOW TO DEAL WITH IT
• DISENGAGEMENT FROM TERRORISM
• THE RISE OF ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM AND WAYS IN LEADING THEM TO BE TOLERANT
• CONCLUSION
• REFERENCES
• Section 4: The Problem of Media
• Chapter 8: Identity and Social Peace in the Digital World
• ABSTRACT
• INTRODUCTION
• IDENTITIES AND MICRO IDENTITIES
• THE DIGITAL ERA AND THE SEARCH FOR IDENTITY
• THE “PEACE STORY” OF THE DIGITAL WORLD
• THE CONTRIBUTION OF PEACE FOR MICRO IDENTITIES IN THE DIGITAL WORLD
• CONCLUSION
• REFERENCES
• Chapter 9: Social Media and Peacemaking
• ABSTRACT
• INTRODUCTION
• SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCES INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND ACTIVISM
• SOCIAL MEDIA HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN SOCIAL PROTESTS SUCH AS ARAB SPRING
• SOCIAL MEDIA CAN SUPPORT TERRORISM/ISIS
• SOCIAL MEDIA CAN BYPASS CENSORSHIP
• SOCIAL MEDIA SUPPORTS CLUSTERING OF CITIZEN GROUPS
• SOCIAL MEDIA MAY PREDICT POLITICAL OUTCOMES
• SOCIAL MEDIA ADDRESSES WOMEN'S AND MINORITY ISSUES
• PSYCHOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS OF SOCIAL MEDIA
• SOCIAL MEDIA SUPPORTS DIGITAL RELIGION
• SOCIAL MEDIA CAN AFFECT JOURNALISM
• SOCIAL MEDIA CAN IMPACT ADMINISTRATION
• SOCIAL MEDIA COMMUNICATES IN CRISIS
• SOCIAL MEDIA SUPPORTS INTELLIGENCE GATHERING
• CONCLUSION
• REFERENCES
• Chapter 10: Dynamic Co-Evolutions of Peace Frames in the United States, Mainland China, and Hong Kong
• ABSTRACT
• INTRODUCTION
• REFERENCES
• Chapter 11: Mediating Death
• ABSTRACT
• INTRODUCTION
• DISCUSSING RISK PERCEPTION AND MEDIA
• 9/11 AND THE RISE OF THANA CAPITALISM
• THE POWER OF MASS MEDIA IN TIMES OF THANA CAPITALISM
• THE MYTHOLOGICAL NATURE OF THANA CAPITALISM
• IMPLICATIONS OF THANA CAPITALISM FOR DAILY LIVES
• THE FUTURE OF PEACE-KEEPING IN THANA CAPITALISM´S DAYS
• CONCLUSION
• REFERENCES
• ADDITIONAL READING
• KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
• Chapter 12: Social Media and Democracy
• ABSTRACT
• INTRODUCTION
• DIGITAL MEDIA DEMOCRATIVE AND DICTATORIAL OPPORTUNITIES
• INTERVIEWS
• CONCLUSION
• REFERENCES
• Section 5: The Problem of Leadership
• Chapter 13: From Negative Leadership to Healing Leadership
• ABSTRACT
• DIAGNOSIS: NEGATIVE LEADERSHIP
• HEALING LEADERSHIP: THE WAY TO PEACE
• CONCLUSION
• REFERENCES
• Chapter 14: Responsible Leadership and Peacemaking
• ABSTRACT
• INTRODUCTION
• EQUALITY
• RELIGION
• WORLD PEACE
• HUMANS VS. BONOBO MONKEYS
• THE DIGITAL AGE
• THE PROBLEM
• GETTING TO AN EFFECTIVE SOLUTION
• CHANGING THE ROGUES
• REFERENCES
• Chapter 15: Women in Leadership
• ABSTRACT
• INTRODUCTION
• WHY IS WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP SO IMPORTANT?
• REFERENCES
• Section 6: The Problem of Government Repression
• Chapter 16: Peacebuilding, Media, and Terrorism in 21st Century and Beyond
• ABSTRACT
• INTRODUCTION
• BACKGROUND
• PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACTS OF DIGITAL MEDIA PERSPECTIVES
• PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF DIGITAL MEDIA IN RWANDAN RECONCILIATION
• PSYCHOLOGY OF ARAB SPRING PHENOMENON
• PSYCHOLOGICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING AND THE ARAB SPRING REVOLUTION
• MEDIA, RADICALIZATION, TERRORISM, AND PEACE
• FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH VIOLENCE AND TERRORISM BEHAVIOR
• PARENTING IN THE DIGITAL AGE, AND YOUTH PEACEFUL UPBRINGING
• SOLUTIONS
• FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
• CONCLUSION
• REFERENCES
• Chapter 17: Recognition, Apology, and Restoration of Indonesians' Past Maltreatments of People Labeled as Communists
• ABSTRACT
• INTRODUCTION
• SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIAL CONTEXT
• THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PKI STIGMA
• PRELIMINARY STUDY ON THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF PKI STIGMA AND THE EFFORTS TO REDUCE IT
• PKI, PKI DESCENDANTS, ACCUSED PKI, AND ISSUES OF APOLOGY AND DEMANDS FOR JUSTICE
• CONCLUSION
• REFERENCES
• Section 7: The Problem of Religion
• Chapter 18: Understanding Our Minds and How We Can Liberate Ourselves and Others From the Hex of the Internet
• ABSTRACT
• INTRODUCTION
• THE INTERNET SKY BECOMES DARKER
• THE ALGORITHM APPEARS
• THE ALGORITHMIC WAR TAKES ON A HUMAN FACE
• A TIMELY INSIGHT INTO THE PROBLEM
• HISTORICAL ATTEMPTS TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE OF CONCEPT VS. EXPERIENCE
• MECHANISM VS. INSIGHT IN CONTEMPORARY CULTURE
• THE EMERGENCE OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THE ISSUE OF CONCEPT VS. INTERIOR “SPIRITUAL” EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN APPROACHED OVER THE LAST THREE THOUSAND YEARS
• HOW DO WE FIND A RESOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM?
• REFERENCES
• Section 8: Solutions for Peace in the Digital Age
• Chapter 19: World Citizenship
• ABSTRACT
• OVERVIEW AND DEFINITIONS
• LITERATURE
• ORGANIZATIONS
• LEGALIZED CITIZENSHIP
• REFERENCES
• Chapter 20: Education for a New Age
• ABSTRACT
• INTRODUCTION
• BACKGROUND
• THE PRESENT WORLD SCENARIO OF EDUCATION AND NEED FOR THE HOUR
• EDUCATION FOR A NEW AGE
• MORE STEPS TO BE TAKEN
• CONCLUSION
• REFERENCES
• Chapter 21: Importance of Classroom Settings in Educational Institutions to Promote Peacebuilding Through a Specific Intended Learning Outcome
• ABSTRACT
• INTRODUCTION
• PEACE EDUCATION
• SIGNIFICANT ROLES TO ENHANCE PEACE EDUCATION
• WHY PEACE EDUCATION IS IMPORTANT IN CLASSROOM SETTINGS
• A SPECIFIC INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOME IN PEACE BUILDING
• CONCLUSION
• REFERENCES
• Chapter 22: Soul Education for Children of the Earth
• ABSTRACT
• CHILDREN OF THE EARTH
• REFERENCES
• Chapter 23: The Responsibility of Educators in Peacekeeping
• ABSTRACT
• INTRODUCTION
• TO SEE EACH MEMBER OF HUMANITY AS A SPIRITUAL BEING
• TO RECOGNIZE AND EMULATE PURVEYORS OF PEACE
• TO FACE HEAD-ON THE PURVEYORS OF EVIL
• CONCLUSION
• REFERENCES
• Chapter 24: International Diaspora Involvement in Peacemaking Through Social Media Like DiasporaEngager
• ABSTRACT
• INTRODUCTION
• THE BLACKS VS. THE WHITES
• THE CHRISTIANS AND MESSIANIC VS. MUSLIMS AND ORTHODOX JEWS
• THE CAPITALISTS AND THE RICH VS. THE SOCIALISTS AND THE POOR
• THE DIASPORA AND THEIR STAKEHOLDERS VS. THEIR ENEMIES IN THEIR HOME COUNTRIES AND IN THEIR COUNTRIES OF RESIDENCE
• REAL CAUSES AND SOLUTIONS FOR CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD
• THE MODEL OF DIASPORAENGAGER TO HELP ADDRESS PEACE IN THE WORLD
• REFERENCES
• Chapter 25: Interethnic Conflicts
• ABSTRACT
• INTRODUCTION
• THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO ETHNICITY AND ETHNIC CONFLICTS
• KENYAN APPROACHES TO ETHNICITY AND ETHNIC CONFLICT
• FOLKTALE-BASED STRATEGY FOR ETHNIC PEACE AND UNITY
• CONCLUSION
• REFERENCES
• Chapter 26: Gandhi's Satyagraha and the Earth Constitution
• ABSTRACT
• INTRODUCTION
• AHIMSA AND HIMSA
• DEMOCRACY AND SOCIALISM
• WARRING SOVEREIGN NATION-STATES VS. WORLD FEDERALISM
• GANDHI'S FEDERALIST CONCEPTION AND THE EARTH CONSTITUTION
• THE DIGITAL AGE
• A WORLD PEACE SYSTEM
• CONCLUSION
• REFERENCES
• Chapter 27: Understanding Our Potential for Love and Peace
• ABSTRACT
• EVOLVING OUR AWARENESS
• BEGINNING WITHIN: UNDERSTANDING OUR LOVING POTENTIAL
• UNCONDITIONAL LOVE IN A MODERN ERA
• PEACE AS REAL POWER
• INTERCONNECTED LOVE AND GLOBAL PEACE
• COMPASSION AND COLLABORATION
• NEW GENERATIONS OF THE SOCIAL-TECHNOLOGY AGE
• BE LOVE – BE PEACE
• REFERENCES
• KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
• Compilation of References
• About the Contributors