Citation

Lopez Lopez W, Sabucedo JM. Eur. Psychol. 2007; 12(2): 147-155.

Affiliation

Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Bogot� Colombia; Universidad de Santiago de Compostela Spain

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Hogrefe Publishing)

DOI

10.1027/1016-9040.12.2.147

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Currently, political violence is a central issue in the world-wide social agenda. This paper describes the psychosocial logic that legitimizes that violence, analyzed as a challenge for social and political psychology, implying that we have to work toward the construction of a culture of peace. Additionally, diverse concepts about peace are discussed. Finally, the transcendental role played by mass media in this dynamic and particularly the framing theory, are analyzed. Moreover, this paper considers how mass media and news are determinant factors in the beliefs, relational frames, and construction of feelings and are, thus, a barrier to coping and peacefully solving the conflicts that end in political violence.