The Cypriot press should stop blaming each other Reframe from past to future: about what happened in the past and who was or They should “guilty” “victim”. concentrate more on the future. Cypriot should stop seeing each other as Reframe from hostile to neutral: or They should stop antagonistic discourse in their news stories and “enemy” “hostile”. opinion articles. The Cypriot Reframe from individual interests to community interests: should reframe the issues in a way that underlines community interests rather than individual interests. The Cypriot press should stop being Reframe from compliant to vision: compliant because of the past events or issues. They should look at the future, and create a positive vision of the island of Cyprus. The Cypriot press should stop Reframe from criticism to request: criticizing/blaming each other. They should spend more time talking about what kind of requests they have from each other. Some principles in presenting events in a positive/negative frames were given under the title Commandments of Peace Journalism” by Majid Tehranian (2002). Two of “Ten these principles are as follows: representation of conflict problems can become part of the problem if it “Your exacerbates dualisms and hatreds. Your representation of conflict problems can become part of the solution if it employs the creative tensions in any human conflict to seek common ground and nonviolent solutions” (p. 80).
Reframe from past to future: The Cypriot press should stop blaming each other about what happened in the past and who was “guilty” or “victim”. They should concentrate more on the future. Reframe from hostile to neutral: Cypriot should stop seeing each other as “enemy” or “hostile”. They should stop antagonistic discourse in their news stories and opinion articles. Reframe from individual interests to community interests: The Cypriot should reframe the issues in a way that underlines community interests rather than individual interests. Reframe from compliant to vision: The Cypriot press should stop being compliant because of the past events or issues. They should look at the future, and create a positive vision of the island of Cyprus. Reframe from criticism to request: The Cypriot press should stop criticizing/blaming each other. They should spend more time talking about what kind of requests they have from each other. Some principles in presenting events in a positive/negative frames were given under the title “Ten Commandments of Peace Journalism” by Majid Tehranian (2002). Two of these principles are as follows: “Your representation of conflict problems can become part of the problem if it exacerbates dualisms and hatreds. Your representation of conflict problems can become part of the solution if it employs the creative tensions in any human conflict to seek common ground and nonviolent solutions” (p. 80).
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