Paluck, E. L. 2009. Journal of personality and social psychology, 96(3), 574. This field study utilises explores the use of para-social contact, the use of communications media to build seemingly-intimate personal…
Rachel Jones- Photos- Ilvy Njiokiktjien. 2019. National Geographic. This article, composed of written narratives as well as professional photographs, attempts to capture post-Apartheid South Africa. It examines the…
Schiappa, Edward, Peter B. Gregg, and Dean E. Hewes. 2005. “The parasocial contact hypothesis.” Communication monographs 72, no. 1: 92-115. This paper introduces the concept of parasocial contact, where communication…
Buckley-Zistel, Susanne. 2009. Journal of Genocide Research 11, no. 1: 31-53. This paper illustrates how history is used in order to build peace, focusing on the Rwandan Genocide as an example as to how the narration…
Gittings, John. 2016. In: Richmond, Oliver, Sandra Pogodda, and Jasmin Ramovic, eds. ‘The Palgrave Handbook of Disciplinary and Regional Approaches to Peace.’ Springer: 21-31. Gittings examines the theoretical element…
Donato R, Oscar Mauricio. (2019) Franciscanum [online], vol.61, n.172 This article provides an interesting analysis of Aristophanes’ Lysistrata, contextualising the play as a commentary of political negotiations…
Dillon, Matthew. (1987) Transactions of the American Philological Association (1974-) 117 This article explores the connection between peace and fertility in Aristophanes’ plays, further contributing to the research on…
Khosravi, Shahram. (2013) Anthropology Now 5, no. 1 This article discusses the visualisation of peace on the artistic level, analysing how political authorities attempted to reconstruct a peaceful portrayal of Iran…
Botshon, Lisa and Plastas, Melinda. (2009) Feminist Teacher 20, no. 1 This article interestingly explores the reaction of students to Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis and how readers particularly feel the anti-war message…
Donadey, Anne, and Ahmed‐Ghosh, Huma. (2008) Signs 33, no. 3 This article explores an interesting take on Nafisi’s “Reading Lolita in Tehran”. More specifically, it problematises its massive presence in university…