UNESCO\u27s MacBride report attributes to communication a substantial role in matters of democratisation and peace and, thus, provides a firm foundation on which to build toward a better understanding of media as a resource for enriching democratic culture to resist war. Accordingly, this paper works at the intersection of media and messages to advance the argument that democraticpeace-building communication is usefully thought of as a tactic, or set of re-humanizing tactics, of dissent exercised by citizens operating in media saturated settings to resist the dehumanizing caricatures propagated by war propaganda. The notion of web-watching as a creative use of alternative media to locate incipient peace-building metaphors is examined and briefly illustrated with reference to an emergent image of secular bomber as homeland defender.Poročilo MacBridove komisije pripisuje komuniciranju bistveno vlogo v prizadevanjih za demokratizacijo in mir in torej prestavlja trden temelj boljšega razumevanja medijev kot vira demokratične kulture za nasprotovanje vojni. Članek obravnava presečišče med mediji in sporočili in dokazuje, da lahko produktivno mislimo demokratično mirovno komuniciranje kot taktiko ali množico taktik nasprotovanja, ki ga izražajo državljani v medijsko nasičenih okoljih kot odpor zoper razčlovečenim karikaturam, ki jih propagira vojna propaganda. Ideja uporabe svetovnega spleta kot kreativne uporabe alternativnih medijev, da bi locirali začetna prizadevanja za mir, je obravnavana na primeru podobe posvetnega samomorilskega bombaša kot branilca domovine
