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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807079203321

Autore

Bishara Amahl A. <1976->

Titolo

Back stories : U.S. news production and Palestinian politics / / Amahl A. Bishara

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, 2012

ISBN

0-8047-8427-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

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, 2000-2005 - Press coverage - United States

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

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

Back Stories looks at the production of U.S. news during the second Intifada, highlighting the unrecognized and unexamined work of Palestinian journalists and its effects on Palestinian society and politics.