Description
Book SynopsisAnalyzes the consumption of media by Arab citizens of Israel as a type of communicative behavior and a form of political action. Drawing on public opinion survey data, this book describes perceptions and use of media ranging from Arabic Israeli newspapers to satellite television broadcasts from throughout the Middle East.
Trade ReviewThe author . . . through this highly readable historical and empirical study, has advanced the definition of the nature of the public sphere in Israel.Volume 29, No. 1, 2010
* Communication Research Trends *
The Arab Public Sphere in Israel is an important book. It focuses on an almost invisible minoirty, the Arab citizens of Israel, and offers an unprecedented account—indeed, a historical benchmark—of media production and consumption among them. Vol. 28, 2011
* Political Communication *
[A] compelling account that deftly mixes historical, theoretical, and empirical approaches, creating a multidimensional study that should be of interest to both scholars of the region and those concerned with minority media practice across the globe.
* Cinema Journal *
This study is of vital importance to scholars interested in Israeli media, Palestinians inside Israel, the far-reaching and diverse impact of Arab satellite news, and minorities' patterns of media consumption, especially in situations in which they are in conflict with state authorities.August 2011
* INTNL JRNL MID EAST STD - IJMES *
Table of ContentsPreface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Media Space, Political Control, and Cultural Resistance
2. The Indigenous Arab Minority in the Israeli State
3. Israeli Media Policies toward the Arab Minority
4. Arabic Media Space in the Jewish State: Seeking New Communicative Action
5. Arabic Print Media and the New Culture of Newspaper Reading
6. Resisting Cultural Imperialism: Alienation and Strategic Reading of the Hebrew Press
7. Electronic Media and the Strategy of In-Betweenness
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
