The suppression of guilt : the Israeli media and the reoccupation of the West Bank / Daniel Dor.
Different media outlets provided their readers and viewers with significantly different perspectives on the operation, but they all shared a certain emotional attitude, not vis-à-vis the operation itself, but in relations to the global discourse of blame against Israel: they all projected an urgent,...
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | Different media outlets provided their readers and viewers with significantly different perspectives on the operation, but they all shared a certain emotional attitude, not vis-à-vis the operation itself, but in relations to the global discourse of blame against Israel: they all projected an urgent, desperate, almost obsessive urge to suppress, to dismiss, to fend off guilt. Dor shows how analysing this type of reporting as an attempt to manufacture consent with the government and the military fails to capture its essential nature. He argues that, at its core, the coverage proposed alternatives for the construction of an Israeli identity. During the operation, all the different media converged around one assertion: being Israeli at this point in time feels like being accused by the entire world of something we are not guilty of. Basing his arguments on detailed analyses of media reports, Dor explores how the Israeli media work within the context of the global media and world opinion, rather than within the classic context of the nation-state -- and what it means for the future of the country. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 117 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-113) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781849642538 1849642532 1281750611 9781281750617 9786611750619 6611750614 1435662393 9781435662391 |