1. Introduction: Communicating Differences: Towards Breaking the Boundaries for Peace and Conflict Research in Communication; Sudeshna Roy and Ibrahim Seaga Shaw<br>PART I: FROM MACRO TO MICRO – INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION AT THE HEART OF CONFLICT NEGOTIATION <br>2. An Intercultural Peacebuilding Framework: Extending the Conversation through a Focus on Connections; Mary Jane Collier <br>3. Reporting the Lee Rigby Murder and Anti-Muslim Hostilities in the UK in 2013: The Cultural Clash Communication and Human Wrongs Journalism Nexus; Ibrahim Seaga Shaw <br>4. Peacebuilding Through Dialogue In Northern Ireland; John S. Caputo <br>5. Cultural Affirmative Philosophy; Mariam Betlemidze<br>PART II: FROM LOCAL TO GLOBAL: MEDIATED IDENTITIES IN CONFLICTED CULTURES<br>6. What '' ''s in a Name?: Examining Representation of Indian Ethnicities in Bollywood Movies in the New Millennium; Sudeshna Roy<br>7. The Mediterranean Clandestine: A Friend or a Foe?; Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager<br>8. Peace or Conflict Maker: Role of News Media in South Korea '' ''s Multicultural Society; MiSun Lee and Jinbong Choi<br>9. The Construction of Human Rights in U.S. and Chinese Philosophical Discourse; Yanqin Liu <br>PART III: FROM DECONSTRUCTION TO RECONSTRUCTION: REBOOTING FRAMEWORKS OF EDUCATION ON CULTURE, CONFLICT AND PEACE <br>10. Narrative, Decolonial Education, and Societal Transformation; Patrick Belanger<br>11. Pakistani Cultural Characteristics: Updated VSM Scores and Facework Geared Towards Increasing Women '' ''s Access to Education; Rebecca Merkin<br>12. Constructing Frostburg '' ''s '' ''Cooler '' '' Future: Sustaining Campus and Community through a Dialogue Series in an Appalachian College Town; Elesha L. Ruminski<br>13. Jewish-Muslim Women '' ''s Leadership Initiative: A Program for Peaceful Dialogue; Jing Lin, Sachi Edwards and Sahar Khamis<br>PART IV: FROM SINGULAR/STATIC TO MULTIPLE/DYNAMIC: CREATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION APPROACHES TO CONFLICT NEGOTIATION AND SOCIAL CHANGE <br>14. Differing and Disparaging Arguments about Gender Roles: Creating Peace through Talking about Threats and Relational Dialectics; Garry Bailey<br>15. Ordinary Grocery Shopping for Promoting Peace and Justice: Global Impacts of Being a Conscientious Shopper; Max Saito<br>16. Promoting Peace through Songs: Peace Activism during the Afghan Conflict; Roshan Noorzai and Claudia L. Hale<br>17. Peacebuilding through Interfaith Dialogue: The Role of Faith-based NGOs; Nur Uysal <br><br>