Abstract
In contrast to the journalism defined as “war journalism”, “peace journalism” is entrusted with a delicate and crucial task: to go beyond, to transcend – in line with Galtung's theoretical framework – the reasons, dynamics, concepts, and sources closely linked to a war-oriented perspective, and to lay the foundations for mechanisms of understanding and the construction of solid peace scenarios. The objective of this work is to highlight the essential elements of the peace journalism paradigm, capturing its innovative content and the critical issues that have emerged in the scientific debate, comparing them with some of the central themes of media and journalism reflection, as well as with trends in textual analysis and critical discourse analysis, in order to contribute to an assessment of the prospects and relevance of Galtung's proposal.