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New Book Looks At How Global Dialogue Can Help the World Move Towards Peace

January 21, 2015. Davos. -- 2014 saw little improvement in how the diversity of human values and beliefs were covered in the media, creating a global obstacle to dialogue and contributing to stereotyping, according to new research from Media Tenor International.

"The media always has an opportunity to help audiences better understand people who are different from them," says Roland Schatz, founder and CEO of Media Tenor. "But too often this opportunity is not used, and news broadcasts rely on stereotypes, preventing marginalized groups from speaking for themselves or having the opportunity to speak out against extremism."

The Annual Dialogue Report, edited by Ibrahim Ngem and Roland Schatz, looks at both the problems and potential in global media and its contributions towards peace in an era of global conflict and terroristic concerns. Participating in a panel at the Annual Dialogue Report launch session will be Imam Faisal Abdul Rauf, founder of the Cordoba Initiative; Professor Toni Muzi Falconi, founder of Methodos; Professor Mark Esposito of Harvard University; and Eunice Olsen, an MP and television host in Singapore.

For over 20 years Media Tenor's mission has been to contribute to objective, diverse, and newsworthy media content by bringing together the diverse parties. Media Tenor's global research projects include analyses of election campaigns, investor relations, public diplomacy, corporate communications and other topics critical to news makers and news audiences.

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