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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450092603321

Autore

Dor Danny <1951->

Titolo

Intifada hits the headlines [[electronic resource] ] : how the Israeli press misreported the outbreak of the second Palestinian uprising / / Daniel Dor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University, c2004

ISBN

9786612071423

1-282-07142-4

0-253-11073-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (198 p.)

Collana

Indiana series in Middle East studies

Disciplina

302.23/095694

Soggetti

Mass media - Political aspects - Israel

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

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

Press and politics - Israel

Jews - Israel - Attitudes

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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 r