Making sense of a barrier: U.S. news discourses on Israel's dividing wall
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Journalism & Mass Communication Department
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https://doi.org/10.1177/0196859909338408
Document Type
Research Article
Publication Title
Journal of Communication Inquiry
Publication Date
1-1-2010
doi
10.1177/0196859909338408
Abstract
This study investigates mainstream U.S. newspaper discourses concerning the dividing wall that Israel built as a separation barrier from the West Bank. In so doing, it ultimately seeks to further explore news media's role as agents of social control and influence. Findings indicate that in invoking the nationalism dimension, the news did not handle the primordial element adequately, and that emphasis on violence and revenge as well as the tragedy of child victimization was particularly prominent. The study argues that while the media's role in social control and influence may be significant, the adequacy with which they perform this role is questionable. © The Author(s) 2010.
First Page
85
Last Page
108
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APA Citation
Ismail, A.
(2010). Making sense of a barrier: U.S. news discourses on Israel's dividing wall. Journal of Communication Inquiry, 34(1), 85–108.
10.1177/0196859909338408
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/faculty_journal_articles/709
MLA Citation
Ismail, Amani
"Making sense of a barrier: U.S. news discourses on Israel's dividing wall." Journal of Communication Inquiry, vol. 34,no. 1, 2010, pp. 85–108.
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/faculty_journal_articles/709