The use of media in conflict resolution

This report is devoted to the influence of media in conflict prevention, conflict management and post-conflict reconstruction. The influence of such instrument as media on the society has been growing exponentially for the last decades together with the advance in technology. First such communication tool as the telegraph emerged, then the radio, newspapers, magazines, TV and now the internet. The development of global communication channels has political aftermath. Nowadays the growing influence of news broadcasting technologies on international politics is becoming increasingly evident. The most extreme position states that we entered the era of “mediocracy” when media after being “the forth estate” and watchdog is starting to participate actively in policy and electoral processes