Year: 2024 | Month: June | Volume 12 | Issue 1
The Role of Participatory Children’s Media in promoting Dialogues for a Culture of Peace: An Exploration
Vedabhyas Kundu
DOI:10.30954/2454-9525.01.2024.6
Abstract:
Mahatma Gandhi had said, “If we are to reach real peace in this world and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with children.” (Young India, 19-11-1931) As every individual is responsible for contributing towards a culture of peace and nonviolence and mutual co-existence, it would be imperative to encourage children and adolescents to develop capacities to contribute to dialogues and constructive conflict resolution skills. These are important ingredients of today’s life skill education. Further, in the backdrop of today’s hypertechnological communication environment as children and adolescents are exposed to different tools of communication right from a very young age and are able to contribute to various media platforms, it would be essential to help develop their capacities to construct media messages which are dialogical in nature, promotes mutual respect and understanding, and overall contributes towards a culture of peace. This paper would examine how by participating and taking the lead in developing media platforms, children and adolescents, as part of media literacy programmes, are able to encourage dialogue for peace. The paper would also examine how integration of nonviolent communication in participatory children media platforms can help in the amplification of peace orientation amongst young people.
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