Telepopulism : media and politics in Israel / Yoram Peri.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peri, Yoram, 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Israel.

Television broadcasting--Israel.

Television broadcasting.

Television and politics--Israel.

Television and politics.

Television in politics--Israel.

Television in politics.

Mass media--Israel.

Mass media.

Physical Description:

vi, 376 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2004.

Summary:

Two revolutions occurred in Israel in the last decade of the twentieth century. The first was in the field of communications; the second was in politics. Telepopulism describes the political and cultural processes that took place in Israel during the 1990s, depicting the major political events of this period from a new, original, and provocative angle, with a foundation of solid theoretical analyses. This book describes the political and media developments of the 1990s from a historical point of view and analyses the new, symbiotic construct that was created--mediapolitik. It explores how the media in Israel become multi-channel and commercial, and explains why the visual culture, advanced by television, takes the place of the written culture and the hegemony of the press. Telepopulism outlines the ways that Benjamin Netanyahu established a new "coalition of the rejected." Finally, this work shows how media influence led to the crystallization of the six new tribes of modern Israel.

Contents:

Introduction: The Union of Media and Politics in Israel 1

Part 1 The Emergence of "Mediapolitik"

1. The Media Revolution of the 1990s 13

2. Television and Popular Culture 33

3. The Political Revolution of the 1990s 52

4. The History of Media-Politics Relations in Israel 73

5. The Fusionist Character of "Mediapolitik" 94

6. Israel's Media-Centered Democracy 120

7. Symbolic Politics 144

Part 2 Netanyahu's Telepopulism

8. Populism and Neopopulism 165

9. Netanyahu's Media Strategy 189

10. The Characteristics of Israeli Telepopulism 215

11. Netanyahu's War Against the Media 234

Part 3 Communitarianism and the Alternative Media

12. Minority Media in a Sectorial Society 261

13. Will the Public Sphere Survive? 284

Conclusion: "Mediapolitik" and the Future of Democracy 297.

Introduction : the union of media and politics in Israel

pt. 1. The emergence of "Mediapolitik"

1. The media revolution of the 1990s

2. Television and popular culture

3. The political revolution of the 1990s

4. The history of media-politics relations in Israel

5. The fusionist character of "Mediapolitik"

6. Israel's media-centered democracy

7. Symbolic politics

pt. 2. Netanyahu's telepopulism

8. Populism and neopopulism

9. Netanyahu's media strategy

10. The characteristics of Israeli telepopulism

11. Netanyahu's war against the media

pt. 3. Communitarianism and the alternative media

12. Minority media in a sectorial society

13. Will the public sphere survive?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-355) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Peri, Yoram. Telepopulism.

ISBN:

0804748764

9780804748766

0804750025

9780804750028

OCLC:

53307769