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 sell newspapers
that threatens the freedom of the press in a liberal democracy.
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 sell newspapers
that threatens the freedom of the press in a liberal democracy.
Intifada Hits the Headlines: How the Israeli Press Misreported the Outbreak of the Second Palestinian Uprising
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Intifada Hits the Headlines: How the Israeli Press Misreported the Outbreak of the Second Palestinian Uprising
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780253110732 |
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| Publisher: | Indiana University Press |
| Publication date: | 02/18/2004 |
| Series: | Indiana Series in Middle East Studies |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 200 |
| File size: | 341 KB |