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| Contents |
Introduction -- Review of research. Representations of Arabs and Islam in news and entertainment media -- Ideological coverage of terrorism -- The Orientalist tradtion in U.S. press coverage of the Arab-Israeli conflict -- The first media researchers -- Propaganda model background -- Review of propaganda model research -- News filters : media ownership, advertisers, and flak -- Official sources : the most provocative filter -- Methodology and instruments. Objectivity and common sense in a subjective world -- Method of content analysis -- Method of textual analysis -- The newspapers -- The sample period -- Coding procedures -- Coding: content analysis -- Coding: textual analysis -- Findings. Content analysis findings -- Textual analysis findings -- Unrest in the Palestinian Territories before Operation Summer Rain -- Descriptions of civilian death -- War coverage -- War context -- Actors : Hamas and Hezbollah -- Third-party actors -- Discussion. Israel and the definition of aggression -- Terrorism versus counterterrorism -- The roots of Palestinian grievances -- The Separation Wall -- Israeli settlements in the West Bank -- Institutional prejudice -- Attacks on Palestinian culture -- Limitations of Israeli democracy -- Solutions to the conflict -- The roots of Hezbollah's grievances and the context of the July war -- Conclusion. |
| Abstract |
"This book compares the New York TImes news coverage of the Israeli-Hezbollah War of 2006 and the Israeli-Gaza conflict of 2006 with war coverage as reported by the Chicago Tribune and Washington Times"--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2009036300 |
| ISBN | 9780773439016 |
| ISBN | 0773439013 |
