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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462497703321

Autore

Bishara Amahl A. <1976->

Titolo

Back stories [[electronic resource] ] : U.S. news production and Palestinian politics / / Amahl A. Bishara

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, 2012

ISBN

0-8047-8427-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (346 p.)

Disciplina

070.4089/9274

Soggetti

Journalists, Palestinian Arab - West Bank

Journalism - Political aspects - West Bank

Journalism - Objectivity - United States

Palestinian Arabs - Press coverage - United States

Al-Aqsa Intifada, 2000- - Press coverage - United States

Arab-Israeli conflict - 1993- - Press coverage - United States

Electronic books.

West Bank Press coverage United States

Gaza Strip Press coverage United States

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Balanced objectivity and accumulated authorship -- Arming state speech, constraining journalists' work -- Working from home : disinterest and the scope of the political -- The embodied and up-close work of journalism -- The separation wall as stage for refugee identities -- Watching U.S. television from the Palestinian street -- Conclusion : framing graffiti : voice, materiality, and violence.

Sommario/riassunto

Few topics in the news are more hotly contested than the Israeli-Palestinian conflict-and news coverage itself is always a subject of debate. But rarely do these debates incorporate an on-the-ground perspective of what and who newsmaking entails. Studying how journalists work in Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Ramallah, and Nablus, and on the tense roads that connect these cities, Amahl Bishara demonstrates how the production of U.S. news about Palestinians depends on multifaceted collaborations, typically invisible to Western readers. She



focuses on the work that Palestinian journalists do behind