MEDIA AND POLITICAL CONFLICT by Gadi Wolfsfeld ( 9780521589673 )

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Title:

MEDIA AND POLITICAL CONFLICT
NEWS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST

By:

Gadi Wolfsfeld

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ISBN 10:

0521589673

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9780521589673

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Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

24 April, 1997

Pages:

272

Description:

This book offers and applies an approach to studying the role of media in conflicts.

Synopsis:

The news media have become the central arena for political conflicts today. It is, therefore, not surprising that the role of the news media in political conflicts has received a good deal of public attention in recent years. Media and Political Conflict provides readers with an understanding of the ways in which news media do and do not become active participants in these conflicts. The author's 'political contest' model provides an alternative approach to this important issue. The best way to understand the role of the news media in politics, he argues, is to view the competition over the news media as part of a larger and more significant contest for political control. The book is divided into two parts. While the first is devoted to developing the theoretical model, the second employs this approach to analyse the role of the news media in three conflicts: the Gulf war, the Palestinian intifada, and the attempt by the Israeli right wing to derail the Israeli-Palestinian peace accord.

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8 b/w illus. 3 tables

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Cambridge University Press

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