TY - BOOK AU - Liebes,Tamar TI - Reporting the Arab-Israeli conflict: how hegemony works T2 - Routledge research in cultural and media studies SN - 0415154650 AV - P95.82.I75 L54 1997 U1 - 956.05 PY - 1997/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Mass media KW - Political aspects KW - Israel KW - Arab-Israeli conflict KW - Mass media and the conflict KW - Press coverage KW - Press and politics KW - Jews KW - Attitudes KW - Public opinion KW - Journalistic ethics KW - 1973-1993 N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-170) and index; Acknowledgments --; 1; Introduction: How hegemony works --; 2; Bedfellows: The evolution of a committed relationship over time --; 3; Foregroundiug conflict: Broadcasting conflict and national integration - the Israeli context --; 4; Internalizing censorship: How journalists reconcile freedom of expression with national loyalty and responsibility --; 5; Constructing success: How framing may be an instrument for pacifying a watchdog press --; 6; Us and them: Israeli and US coverage of the intifada and the Gulf War --; 7; Dominant readings and doomed resistance: A case study of one family's attempts to decode oppositionally --; 8; Socializing to dominant reading: How hawks and doves cope with conflict news and why the hawks find it easier --; 9; Reading upside down and inside out: How Israeli Arabs maneuver between the "easy" dominant and oppositional readings --; 10; Lying low - silent witnesses from the field: How Israeli soldiers reconcile the "enemy" with the images they brought with them --; 11; Them as us - Palestinians on Israeli cinema: How Israeli film-makers fail to transform television framing of the Palestinian --; 12; I and thou: How live broadcasts of Middle-East peace ceremonies wear out their welcome --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index N2 - "Reporting the Arab-Israeli Conflict investigates how Israeli media, while taking an increasingly critical view of Zionism and successive Israeli governments, remains within the realm of hegemonic culture. Liebes shows how Western-type journalism supports the dominant ideology though various establishment ties, and how it abandons a watchdog role to support the "right" side in times of stress."--Publisher description ER -