@article{ref1,
title="Tweet for peace: Twitter as a medium for developing a peace discourse in the hands of the Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot leaders",
journal="Online information review",
year="2022",
author="Karayianni, Christiana and Psaltis, Charis",
volume="47",
number="5",
pages="925-943",
abstract="PURPOSE The article examines how the two Cypriot leaders - the Greek-Cypriot community leader Nicos Anastasiades and the Turkish-Cypriot community leader Mustafa Akinci - have used their Twitter accounts during the period leading to the intensification of the Cyprus peace process between 30 April 2015 and 31 October 2016. <br><br>DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH This article presents, using descriptive analysis and thematic analysis, how the two leaders have used Twitter in the negotiations' period. <br><br>FINDINGS The analysis shows that the leaders, during the time frame examined, developed both pro-peace discourses around the Cyprus problem and para-social and vicarious intergroup contact that contributed in what Hogg (2015) defines an intergroup relational identity that is an effective form of &quot;bridging&quot; leadership across communities. <br><br>ORIGINALITY/VALUE The article argues that Twitter is a tool that, in the hands of political leaders in segregated public spheres caused by yet unresolved ethnic conflicts, can become a useful tool for constructing both a positive meaning around issues concerning the rival sides and transforming opposing social identities in the formation of an &quot;extended sense of self that includes the collaboration partner&quot; (Hogg, 2015, p. 191). Peer review The peer-review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/OIR-03-2022-0161<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1468-4527",
doi="10.1108/OIR-03-2022-0161",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/OIR-03-2022-0161"
}