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Connected to Conflict; the Precariousness of Working in the Somali Media

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In conflict societies, the principles of journalism have been internalised and interpreted through a conflict lens. This creates a very complex web of media operations that produce contested representations. This chapter focuses on one such conflict that exemplifies this complexity; the Somali conflict. It concentrates on the Somali media produced by diaspora journalists and showcases the pressures that drive their selection processes and editing methods, processes and methods that re-create the conflict amongst Somali diaspora communities. The findings illuminate the driving forces behind the darker roles that diasporic media can play in the continuation of an ongoing conflict.

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    Idil Osman

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Osman, I. (2017). Connected to Conflict; the Precariousness of Working in the Somali Media. In: Ogunyemi, O. (eds) Media, Diaspora and Conflict. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56642-9_7

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