A Dialogues with Dr. Joan Pedro-Carañana

Bio: Joan Pedro-Carañana is in the Department of Journalism and New Media of the Complutense University of Madrid. He has a European doctorate in Communication, Social Change and Development. His research interests lie in understanding the roles and intersections of communication, education, and culture both in the (re)production of hegemony and in emancipatory social change. He is co-editor of *The Propaganda Model Today: Filtering Perception and Awareness, Communicative Justice in the Pluriverse: An International Dialogue y Political Economy of Media and Communication. Methodological Approaches*. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Latin Union of Political Economy of Communication, Information and Culture - Spain (https://ulepicc.es/).

Abstract: If goodwill and understanding across ethnicities and cultures can expand through honest communication and free association, then peace journalism aims to nurture communication at the community level and reclaim control over the corporate forms of storytelling that dominate the media landscape today. This interview explores the purposes and efforts behind practices of peace journalism today. Professor Joan Pedro-Carañana discusses his work with the *Latin Union of Political Economy of Information, Communication and Culture* (ULEPICC) in Spain and addresses questions about the possibilities for peace and understanding in a world fractured by rank inequality, suspicion, contempt, and discord.