Handbook of Research on Examining Global Peacemaking in the Digital Age

Editor: Cook, Bruce L.
Publication Year: 2018
Publisher: IGI Global

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ISBN: 978-1-52-253032-9
Category: Social Sciences - Contemporary Issues & Controversies
Image Count: 25
Book Status: Available
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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.

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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