Conflict, Mediated Message, and Group Dynamics

Intersections of Communication

Contributions by Shawn Condon, Stephen M. Croucher, Mikołaj Deckert, Audra Diers-Lawson, Flora Galy-Badenas, Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, Elvis Ngwayuh, Lilia Raycheva, Mariyan Tomov, Nelly Velinova, Paul A. Wilson, Cheng Zeng Edited by Stephen M. Croucher, Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, Paul A. Wilson

Publication date:

06 November 2017

Length of book:

184 pages

Publisher

Lexington Books

ISBN-13: 9781498535489

Conflict, Mediated Message, and Group Dynamics: Intersections of Communication establishes a framework to explore the ways emotions enter a conflict scenario and investigate their role as either causes or consequences of conflict. This edited collection’s chapters shed light on the questions of the extent to which context on the one hand and culture-related dimensions on the other are conducive to conflict dynamicity and management either by calming emotions—and conflict—or by increasing their severity.

Contents

Introduction
Chapter 1 – “Conflict radicalization and emotions in English and Polish online discourses on immigration and refugees”- Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk
Chapter 2 – “Structuring judgment in conflict scenarios”- Mikolaj Deckert
Chapter 3 – “Communication, Music, and Conflict” - Shawn Condon
Chapter 4 – “The 2013 social protests in Bulgaria: Iconic photographs & image events” - Lilia Raycheva, Nelly Velinova, & Mariyan Tomov
Chapter 5 – “Organizational dissent as a form of conflict” - Cheng Zeng
Chapter 6 – “Conflict, Emotion and Crisis Communication” - Audra Diers-Lawson
Chapter 7 – “Immigrant threat, prejudice, and the growing refugee crisis.” Elvis Ngwayuh
Chapter 8 – “A Review of Work-Family Conflict among European Welfare Models” Flora Galy-Badenas
About the Editors and Contributors

This volume focuses on the vital role of mediated messages in an array of conflict settings. Adopting a broad-based view of conflict, it examines the role of emotions, threats, discourse patterns, music, and iconic photographs in international, organizational, crisis-management, and work-family controversies. As such, it offers a unique perspective to the role of messages, symbols, and media in critical conflict situations.