16 June 2014 Brussels, Belgium –– FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The European Union has launched funding for international research and investigation on the role of media and PR in war and peace building. The European Union has launched funding for a three year collaborative research project € 2,5 Mio which investigates the role media play in war and other violent and hostile conflicts. The Middle East, the West Balkans and the African Great Lakes area the primary focus regions for detailed and complex case studies. Under the Seventh European Framework Program of the European Commission, a team of eleven internationally renowned European and Israeli scientists from nine research institutions in seven countries began work on the project (IN)Forming Conflict Prevention, Response and Resolution: The “INFOCORE – in January 2014. To assess the roles of media for and Role of Media in Violent Conflict” shaping lay publics’ conflict perceptions and responses to ongoing conflicts, the international consortium political actors’ analyzes the dynamics of conflict news content over time and identifies recurrent patterns of information diffusion. project coordinator Prof. Dr. Romy Fröhlich from the LMU Munich, “In doing so,” says “INFOCORE specifically assesses the different roles and functions that individual agendas and resources, professional norms, media organizations and systems, political systems, and characteristics of the particular conflict situations play in the cycle of conflict and peace building. Specifically, we focus on interactions between professional journalists (various media), political actors (including military), experts/NGOs (intelligence, peacekeeping, conflict prevention/resolution, media assistance), and lay publics (individuals, groups, economic actors). And since INFOCORE aims to contributing to the to enable and strengthen EC’s efforts the participation of women in peace and security matters, a gender-sensitive perspective is implemented throughout the project.” All findings and selected data will be publicly available (in due consideration of the effective data protection regulations). ### For more information, visit . INFORCORE can also be found on and . Contact (INFOCORE Media Relations): Contact (INFOCORE Coordinator): Prof. Dr. George Terzis Prof. Dr. Romy Fröhlich Global Governance Institute Ludwig Maximilian University Munich (LMU) Department of Communication Studies and Media Research Pleinlaan 5 Oettingenstr. 67 Brussels B-1050, Belgium 80538 Munich, Germany Phone: +32 [0]2 614 8170 Phone: +49 [0]89 2180-9454 Email: Email:
16 June 2014 –– Brussels, Belgium FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The European Union has launched funding for international research and investigation on the role of media and PR in war and peace building. The European Union has launched € 2,5 Mio funding for a three year collaborative research project which investigates the role media play in war and other violent and hostile conflicts. The Middle East, the West Balkans and the African Great Lakes area the primary focus regions for detailed and complex case studies. Under the Seventh European Framework Program of the European Commission, a team of eleven internationally renowned European and Israeli scientists from nine research institutions in seven countries began work on the project “INFOCORE – (IN)Forming Conflict Prevention, Response and Resolution: The Role of Media in Violent Conflict” in January 2014. To assess the roles of media for shaping lay publics’ and political actors’ conflict perceptions and responses to ongoing conflicts, the international consortium analyzes the dynamics of conflict news content over time and identifies recurrent patterns of information diffusion. “In doing so,” says project coordinator Prof. Dr. Romy Fröhlich from the LMU Munich, “INFOCORE specifically assesses the different roles and functions that individual agendas and resources, professional norms, media organizations and systems, political systems, and characteristics of the particular conflict situations play in the cycle of conflict and peace building. Specifically, we focus on interactions between professional journalists (various media), political actors (including military), experts/NGOs (intelligence, peacekeeping, conflict prevention/resolution, media assistance), and lay publics (individuals, groups, economic actors). And since INFOCORE aims to contributing to the EC’s efforts to enable and strengthen the participation of women in peace and security matters, a gender-sensitive perspective is implemented throughout the project.” All findings and selected data will be publicly available (in due consideration of the effective data protection regulations). ### For more information, visit . INFORCORE can also be found on and . Contact (INFOCORE Media Relations): Prof. Dr. George Terzis Global Governance Institute Pleinlaan 5 Brussels B-1050, Belgium Phone: +32 [0]2 614 8170 Email: Contact (INFOCORE Coordinator): Prof. Dr. Romy Fröhlich Ludwig Maximilian University Munich (LMU) Department of Communication Studies and Media Research Oettingenstr. 67 80538 Munich, Germany Phone: +49 [0]89 2180-9454 Email:
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