Full Description
Behind Media Marginality examines the considerations and decisions that have resulted in the distorted and negative media coverage of minority groups in the Israeli media. Author Eli Avraham looks closely at media portrayals of those living in the geographic margins of Israeli kibbutzim, Jewish settlements in the West Bank, development cities, and the Israeli-Arab community from the 1960s through the 1990s. Through quantitative and qualitative analysis of newspaper articles; interviews with reporters, editors, and government spokespeople; and statistical and demographic data, Avraham isolates and explores five factors that influence the way the media covers these social groups: the group's characteristics and location, their proximity to foci of power, their social-political environment, the media's policy toward covering the group, and the group's public relations strategies in response to coverage. An analysis both of media operations and of Israeli society, this book provides important insights into the role of the media in the formation of national identity.
Contents
Chapter 1 Foreword Part 2 Media Representation of Social Groups and Places Chapter 3 The Media and Construction of Reality Chapter 4 The Model and the Factors Shaping Place Coverage Patterns Part 5 Findings Chapter 6 Characteristics of Social Groups and Places Chapter 7 The Social-Political Distance Between Centers of Power and Social Groups Chapter 8 Media Representation as a Function of Social-Ideological Distance Chapter 9 Media Organization Policy Towards Coverage of Social Groups and Places Chapter 10 Socio-Political Environment Chapter 11 Social Groups' Media Strategies, Spokesmanship, and Public Relations Chapter 12 Discussion and Summary
