Intifada hits the headlines : how the Israeli press misreported the outbreak of the second Palestinian uprising / Daniel Dor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dor, Danny, 1951-

Series:

Indiana series in Middle East studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media--Political aspects--Israel.

Mass media.

Mass media--Political aspects.

Press and politics.

Arab-Israeli conflict.

Press coverage.

Israel.

Arab-Israeli conflict--1993---Mass media and the conflict.

Arab-Israeli conflict--1993---Press coverage--Israel.

Press and politics--Israel.

Jews--Israel--Attitudes.

Jews.

Physical Description:

viii, 184 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University, [2004]

Summary:

In this nuanced and detailed study of newspaper reporting during the escalation of the second Intifada in the fall of 2000, Daniel Dor shows how real events are subject to distortion and manipulation by the media. In an analysis of the heart of Israel's media establishment -- the newspapers Yediot Ahronot, Ma'ariv, and Ha'aretz -- he finds a wide gap between the reality reported by field reporters and the eventual newspaper accounts framed by editors. Led by beliefs, opinions, and emotional responses rather than the facts provided by their reporters, these editors created a platform on which a new and fearful narrative for Israeli-Palestinian relations was built. Yet while Dor demonstrates that the media construct the news rather than simply report it, his sophisticated analysis also shows that no one entity or person is responsible. Rather than a supreme authority, Dor argues, it is the influence of fear, anger, ignorance, and a desire to please and to sell newspapers that threatens the freedom of the press in a liberal democracy.

Contents:

Under Arafat's baton

Make no mistake, Yasser

The limits of restraint

A fifth column

In all their murderous ugliness

We have turned every stone.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [175]-177) and index.

ISBN:

025334333X

0253216370

OCLC:

52335118