Media and Political Conflict: News from the Middle East

ISBN-13: 9780521580458 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 270 str.

Gadi Wolfsfeld

Opis

The news media have become the central arena for political conflicts today. Previous work on this subject has been limited to looking at the role of the news media in either a particular conflict (such as the Gulf War) or a particular type of conflict (such as terrorism). Media and Political Conflict is the first book that offers a dynamic and comprehensive approach to studying confrontations as small as protests and as large as wars, and applies this approach to analyze three conflicts: the Gulf War, the Palestinian Intifada, and the attempt by the Israeli right wing to derail the Israeli-Palestinian peace accord.

Recenzje

'The book merits wide and careful attention among scholars of political communication and political participation.' American Political Science Review

Spis treści

Introduction; Part I. The Rules of Combat: 1. The structural dimension: the struggle over access; 2. The cultural dimension: the struggle over meaning; 3. Media influence and political outcomes; Part II. The Contests: 4. Political movements and media access: the struggle against the Oslo Accord; 5. Competing frames of the Oslo Accord: a chance for peace or a national disaster?; 6. Controlling the media in insurrections and wars: the intifada and the Gulf war; 7. The contest over media frames in the intifada: David versus Goliath; 8. The cultural struggle over the Gulf war: Iraqi aggression or American imperialism?; Part III. Conclusion: 9. The multi-purpose arena.