Year: 2025 | Month: December | Volume 13 | Issue 2
Mindful Communication and a New Path for Journalism to Promote Global Harmony
Kalinga Seneviratne
DOI:10.30954/2454-9525.02.2025.3
Abstract :
The Western model of Journalism we have been teaching across the world for the past half a century based on the “watchdog” principle of a “free media” has created an adversarial journalism culture that drives conflicts and the media is unable to stop conflicts that they have helped to create in the first place. Today’s geopolitical conflicts are mainly driven by this model. A new definition and model of journalism is needed to promote cooperation and harmony in society, not conflicts. A Buddhist model of mindful communication for sustainable development and peaceful coexistence could be adopted to promote a new model of Journalism to promote global harmony. This paper discusses how Buddhist philosophical concepts could be adopted to design such a curriculum for journalism training. Specific recommendations are given on how we could use such a curriculum to train communicators across Asia and the world.
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