Jews, Muslims and Mass Media

This text looks at the ways in which Jews, Muslims and the conflict between them has been covered in the modern media. Both Jews and Muslims generally receive 'bad press' and this books tries to reveal why.

Informationen zum Autor Yulia Egorova, Tudor Parfitt Klappentext This text looks at the ways in which Jews, Muslims and the conflict between them has been covered in the modern media. Both Jews and Muslims generally receive a 'bad press'. This book will try to reveal why. The media have clearly played a pro-active role in the Middle East conflict, the coverage of which is obscured by the contrasting images of Jew and Muslim in western thought. Zusammenfassung This text looks at the ways in which Jews, Muslims and the conflict between them has been covered in the modern media. Both Jews and Muslims generally receive 'bad press' and this books tries to reveal why. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part 1: Jews and Muslims: Portraying Communities 1. Christian 'Intruders', Muslim 'Bigots': The Egyptian-Syrian Press Controversy in the Late Nineteenth-Century Cairo 2. Zionism, Jews and Muslims in the Ottoman Empire as Reflected in the Weekly Hamevasser 3. Mediating the 'Other' through Advertisements 4. From Judeophobia to Islamophobia in the Italian Media, with a Special Focus on the Northern League Party Media 5. Minorities and Press in Post-Revolution Iran 6. Imag(in)ing Europe: The Theme of Emigration in North African Cinema 7. Representing the Muslim: The 'Courtesan Film' in Indian Popular Cinema 8. Jewish Themes in the Press of Independent India Part 2: Mass Media and the Conflict in the Middle East 9. In the Eyes of the Beholder: Israel, Jews and Zionism in the Iraqi Media 10. The Image of Jews and the State of Israel in Eastern Bloc Media 11. The Portrayal of Palestinian Arabs in the Moscow Yiddish Monthly Sovetish Heymland 12. Arab.Ru: The Virtual Other in the Israeli-Russian Web 13. Reading The Guardian: Jews, Israel-Palestine and the Origins of Irritation 14. Facing and Defacing the 'Other'. Israel Television's Live Representation of Arabs in Ceremonies and Disaster Marathons 15. Are They Still the Enemy? The Representation of Arabs in Israeli TV News 16. Approaches to Peacemaking in the Israeli Press 17. Argument, War and the Role of the Media in the Conflict Management ...

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Yulia Egorova, Tudor Parfitt

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Introduction Part 1: Jews and Muslims: Portraying Communities 1. Christian 'Intruders', Muslim 'Bigots': The Egyptian-Syrian Press Controversy in the Late Nineteenth-Century Cairo 2. Zionism, Jews and Muslims in the Ottoman Empire as Reflected in the Weekly Hamevasser 3. Mediating the 'Other' through Advertisements 4. From Judeophobia to Islamophobia in the Italian Media, with a Special Focus on the Northern League Party Media 5. Minorities and Press in Post-Revolution Iran 6. Imag(in)ing Europe: The Theme of Emigration in North African Cinema 7. Representing the Muslim: The 'Courtesan Film' in Indian Popular Cinema 8. Jewish Themes in the Press of Independent India **Part 2: Mass Media and the Conflict in the Middle East 9. In the Eyes of the Beholder: Israel, Jews and Zionism in the Iraqi Media 10. The Image of Jews and the State of Israel in Eastern Bloc Media 11. The Portrayal of Palestinian Arabs in the Moscow Yiddish Monthly Sovetish Heymland 12. Arab.Ru: The Virtual Other in the Israeli-Russian Web 13. Reading The Guardian: Jews, Israel-Palestine and the Origins of Irritation 14. Facing and Defacing the 'Other'. Israel Television's Live Representation of Arabs in Ceremonies and Disaster Marathons 15. Are They Still the Enemy? The Representation of Arabs in Israeli TV News 16. Approaches to Peacemaking in the Israeli Press **17. Argument, War and the Role of the Media in the Conflict Management