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The Role of Media in International Conflicts: A Long-Term Analysis of Israel’s Media Image in International TV News

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Since the Gulf War of 1990 the media arena has become increasingly important for parties in conflict – especially in asymmetric wars. International TV focuses on a restricted range of conflicts, following an independent logic, influenced by self-referentiality and the availability of footage. The interplay of these factors leads to stereotyping of conflicts and its participants. This paper analyzes the media coverage of Israel in international TV news, looking at the topic and protagonist structures as well as the tone of coverage. Reporting about Israel has been dominated by reporting about Israeli military activities or terrorist acts against Israeli civilians in the context of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. The Israeli Defense Force has been in the focus of more than 40% of news reports in 4 German TV news shows in the period from July 2001 to July 2006. Issues not related to this conflict are mostly absent from the news. As a consequence, the evaluation of Israeli protagonists has been consistently negative for the last six years with the exception of the first half of 2005. Long-standing negativity in turn influences the development of conflicts, as the opponents instrumentalize media for their conflict strategy. In the 2006 Lebanon war, Hizbullah deliberately staged its fight against Israel in a way that damaged Israel in international media coverage.
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Schatz, Roland. "The Role of Media in International Conflicts: A Long-Term Analysis of Israel’s Media Image in International TV News" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, TBA, San Francisco, CA, <Not Available>. 2009-05-24 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p205713_index.html>

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Schatz, R. "The Role of Media in International Conflicts: A Long-Term Analysis of Israel’s Media Image in International TV News" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, TBA, San Francisco, CA <Not Available>. 2009-05-24 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p205713_index.html

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Abstract: Since the Gulf War of 1990 the media arena has become increasingly important for parties in conflict – especially in asymmetric wars. International TV focuses on a restricted range of conflicts, following an independent logic, influenced by self-referentiality and the availability of footage. The interplay of these factors leads to stereotyping of conflicts and its participants. This paper analyzes the media coverage of Israel in international TV news, looking at the topic and protagonist structures as well as the tone of coverage. Reporting about Israel has been dominated by reporting about Israeli military activities or terrorist acts against Israeli civilians in the context of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. The Israeli Defense Force has been in the focus of more than 40% of news reports in 4 German TV news shows in the period from July 2001 to July 2006. Issues not related to this conflict are mostly absent from the news. As a consequence, the evaluation of Israeli protagonists has been consistently negative for the last six years with the exception of the first half of 2005. Long-standing negativity in turn influences the development of conflicts, as the opponents instrumentalize media for their conflict strategy. In the 2006 Lebanon war, Hizbullah deliberately staged its fight against Israel in a way that damaged Israel in international media coverage.

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