Hebrew Popular Journalism: Birth and Development in Ottoman Palestine

ISBN-13: 9780367728397 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 308 str.

Ouzi Elyada

Opis

The book examines the birth, development, and mode of operation of the Hebrew popular press that progressed in Ottoman Palestine between 1884 and the eruption of World War I in 1914.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. The Ben-Yehuda Newspapers—Identifying the Jewish Readership  2. The First Hebrew Daily Newspaper in Palestine: Ha-Zvi  3. The Daily Ha-Zvi: Yellow Editorial Strategies and Readers’ Reactions  4. Ha-Zvi and the Mass-Communication Revolution in Ottoman Palestine  5. The Struggle for Yellow Hegemony: Ha-Or vs. Ha-Herut  6. Crime and Catastrophe Stories in the Hebrew Popular Press  7. Military Coverage in the Hebrew Popular Press  Conclusion

O autorze

Ouzi Elyada is a professor of cultural and media history in the Department of General History and in the Department of Communication, University of Haifa. Main fields of research are: history of the Hebrew popular press industry in Palestine nineteenth–twentieth century, and the history of the French popular press industry eighteenth–nineteenth century.