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Based on rigorous research by the world-renowned Glasgow University Media Group, this authoritative and well-referenced book examines media coverage of the current conflict in the Middle East and the impact this coverage has on public opinion. It begins with a history of the present crisis from the period of the British mandate in Palestine through to the creation of Israel, the refugee crisis, the wars, attempts at peace, Oslo and Wye Accords and the intifadas, In the largest study ever undertaken in this area the authors then examine media coverage of the conflict, focusing on television news. They illustrate major differences in the way Israelis and Palestinians are represented, including how casualties are shown and the presentation of the motives and rationales of both sides. This is combined with a very extensive audience study involving hundreds of participants from the USA, Britain and Germany. It shows extraordinary differences in levels of knowledge and understanding, especially amongst young people from these countries. The study also uses new techniques to identify trends in public understanding and belief. Uniquely, it brings together senior journalists and ordinary viewers who work jointly to examine how audiences understand the news and how public belief and opinion have been shaped by media reporting. The book includes sections on theory and methods and shows the processes which shape the news. It looks at patterns of ownership and at how public relations, information control and the close political links between the USA and Britain affect what we see and hear in the media.
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Bad News From Israel Greg Philo and Mike Berry THE RESEARCH GROUP Greg Philo, Mike Berry, Alison Gilmour, Maureen Gilmour, Suzanna Rust and Lucy West Pluto P Press LONDON • STERLING, VIRGINIA Philo 00 prelims 3 30/3/04 4:36:10 pm First published 2004 by Pluto Press 345 Archway Road, London N6 5AA and 22883 Quicksilver Drive, Sterling, VA 20166–2012, USA www.plutobooks.com Copyright © Greg Philo, Mike Berry, Maureen Gilmour, Alison Gilmour, Lucy West and Suzanna Rust 2004 The right of Greg Philo, Mike Berry, Maureen Gilmour, Alison Gilmour, Lucy West and Suzanna Rust to be identified as the authors of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN ISBN 0 7453 2062 7 hardback 0 7453 2061 9 paperback Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data applied for 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Designed and produced for Pluto Press by Chase Publishing Services, Fortescue, Sidmouth, EX10 9QG, England Typeset from disk by Stanford DTP Services, Northampton, England Printed and bound in the European Union by Antony Rowe Ltd, Chippenham and Eastbourne, England Philo 00 prelims 4 30/3/04 4:36:10 pm Contents Acknowledgements Preface Final Status Map 1 Histories of the Conflict Introduction Zionist Roots and the First Wave of Jewish Immigration into Palestine Theodor Herzl and the Emergence of Political Zionism The Second Wave of Jewish Immigration into Palestine The Balfour Declaration and the British Mandate American Politics and the Settlement of the Holocaust Survivors The End of the Mandate The United Nations Debates the Future of Palestine The Unofficial War The First Arab-Israeli War Post-War Negotiations: Peace Treaties, Borders and Refugees 1956: The Suez Conflict 1967: The Six Day War Resolution 242 and the War of Attrition Settlement Building and Economic Integration Military Occupation/Administration Nationalism and the Rise of the Opposition Movements 19