Foreword; Contents; Editor and Contributors; List of Tables; Introduction: Communicating Conflict from the Diaspora ; The Roles of Media in Conflicts: A Symbiotic Process; Journalism Cultures and Conflicts; Representation of Conflicts and Audiences; The Structure of This Book; References; Part I Roles of Diasporic Media in Conflicts; Diaspora Journalism and Conflicts in Transnational Media Circuits ; Globalisation, Conflicts and Diaspora; Diaspora Journalism, and the Reimagining and Transformation of Spaces of Identity and Borders; Why Diaspora Journalism?

Diaspora Journalism and Deterritorialised PoliticsThe Social and Technological Contexts of Diaspora Journalism; Conclusion; References; The Diasporic Community's Intervention in the Libya Uprising ; Diaspora Controlled Social Media Turns Revolutionary; The Libya Outreach Group; Evaluating the Impact of the Libya Outreach Group; Conclusion; References; Diaspora Media Role in Conflict and Peace Building from the Perspectives of Somali Diaspora in Canada ; Introduction; Methodology; Discussions on the War in Somali and the Emigration; Somali Diaspora in Canada.

Somali Diaspora Media in Canada Within Conflict Resolution and Peace BuildingJournalism of Peace Building and Conflict Resolution; Conclusion; References; An Exploration of Discourses of Peace and Conflict During Negotiations for Zimbabwe's Government of National Unity in the Diaspora Media ; Introduction; The Diaspora and Conflict: Transcending the Binary; Diaspora, Media and Identity: A Conceptual Framework; Methodological Discussion; "Stupid Talks, Stick Points, and Stalemates": Sowing the Seeds of Cynicism; Playing Hard Ball: Discourse of no Compromise; Retributive Justice Discourse.

ConclusionReferences; Part II Culture of Journalism and Conflicts; Diasporic Online Radio and the Mediation of Zimbabwean ConflictCrisis ; Zimbabwean Crisis in Perspective; Memory and Conflict; Alternative Journalism, the Digital Public Sphere and Conflict Resolution; Methodology; Objectivity and Framing in Conflict Stories; Conclusion; References; Connected to Conflict; the Precariousness of Working in the Somali Media ; Introduction; Conflict and the Mediated Operations that Re-Create It; Ownership Privilege; Poor Levels of Accountability; Conflict-Embroiled Elites as Primary Definers.

Economic Advantage of War ReportingConclusion; References; Dynamics of the Diasporic Syrian Media in Egypt: The Context and Perspectives ; Introduction; Locating the Past; Unfiltered Realities; Moving Stories; Conclusion; References; Representing Conflict: Gatekeeping Practices and Framing Devices of African Diasporic Press ; African Diasporic Press and Conflict in the Homeland; Gatekeeping and Framing of Conflicts; Methods; Gatekeeping and Framing of Conflicts in African Diasporic Press; Conclusion; References; Part III Representation of Conflicts and Audiences.