Peace journalism in times of 'war risks': Coverage of the hydrocarbons conflict in Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot newspapers

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dc.contributor.authorCiftcioglu, Vasvi
dc.contributor.authorShaw, Ibrahim Seaga
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-06T18:52:51Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.departmentDoğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThe Mediterranean island of Cyprus, the last divided country in Europe, faced a grave risk of plunging into war in September 2011. The reason behind this danger was represented as the confrontation over the excavation of hydrocarbon reserves found in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. The main goal of this article is to explore the extent to which peace journalism was practiced, or not, by analysing the front-page stories of the prominent Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot newspapers about this conflict. A review of peace journalism research reveals that researchers have mainly focused on war reporting. In order to address this deficit in peace journalism research, this article focuses on a case study where there was a risk for military confrontation. The combined sample drawn from six newspapers in the respective communities indicates a strong preference towards war journalism. As the analysis further shows, the newspapers from both sides failed to discuss peaceful solutions to the hydrocarbons conflict and they also failed to discuss the negative repercussions of a possible war related to the hydrocarbons conflict.
dc.description.sponsorshipEU scholarship grant; European Union
dc.description.sponsorshipThe author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This article was completed with the support of an EU scholarship grant received by co-author Vasvi Ciftcioglu in academic year 2017/2018 for his PhD research visit to Northumbria University under the supervision of Dr Ibrahim Seaga Shaw. The EU Scholarship Programme for the Turkish Cypriot community project is funded by the European Union and implemented by the British Council.
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/1748048520915668
dc.identifier.endpage566
dc.identifier.issn1748-0485
dc.identifier.issn1748-0493
dc.identifier.issue6
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85083453874
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage541
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/1748048520915668
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11129/15729
dc.identifier.volume83
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000527173200001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSage Publications Inc
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Communication Gazette
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20260204
dc.subjectConflict reporting
dc.subjectCyprus Problem
dc.subjecthydrocarbons conflict
dc.subjectpeace journalism
dc.subjectreconciliation
dc.subjectwar journalism
dc.titlePeace journalism in times of 'war risks': Coverage of the hydrocarbons conflict in Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot newspapers
dc.typeArticle

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