Battle lines : the American media and the intifada
By: Lederman, Jim
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BookPublisher: New York : Holt, c1992.Description: x, 342 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780781999519Subject(s): Jewish-Arab relations in the press -- United States | Intifada, 1987-1993 | Foreign correspondents -- Israel -- Influence | Foreign news -- United States -- Objectivity | Television broadcasting of news -- Social aspects -- United States | Intifada, 1987-1992 | Jewish-Arab relations | Foreign correspondents | Foreign newsDDC classification: 070.4/49956953044 Online resources: Location Map | Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 070.449956953044 LE BA (Browse shelf) | Available | T0054141 |
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| 070.4499405318 PR AF After the fact : | 070.449956 RE PO Reporting the Middle East : | 070.449956704430973 BR IN Bring 'em on : | 070.449956953044 LE BA Battle lines : | 070.484 CI TI Citizen media and public spaces : | 070.49 KO PH Photojournalism : | 070.49 RI BE Bending the frame : |
Analysis of how the American press and electronic media operate overseas during the newsbreaking stories, especially "the intifada."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Trapped in a story line -- Caught in a cage of their own design -- Blundering into success -- A zoom lens in a maze made of mirrors -- Technical tic-tac-toe -- The medium is a marketplace -- Visions of reality -- Whence words? -- Journalists as participants -- The Intifada and practical issues in modern foreign reporting -- And who will watch the watchdogs themselves?
Analyzes the news story of the intifada, the uprising of Palestinians on the West Bank and in East Jerusalem in December 1987 and how the American media function in crisis situations far from home.
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