Reporting the Middle East: Challenges and Chances (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789813225367)

Numerous studies address the flow of information between nations and states -- especially in the era of globalization -- and its contribution to the development of relations across physical borders. By contrast, little attention has been paid to the circumstances under which parties in conflict initiate and build barriers to free flow of information. The conflict in the Middle East may serve as a test bed of controlled disruption of information flow, as covered in Reporting the Middle East: Challenges and Chances. Two parallel types of confrontations appear to take place in the Middle East: the actual physical conflict, and the 'war of words, ' conducted via the media, with each side firing its own verbal missiles. Reporting the Middle East: Challenges and Chances aims to show that the media arena is a key element in understanding the Middle East conflict. Media coverage of Middle Eastern affairs remains critical, if only because of its power in determining sources of information, setting decision makers' agendas, and influencing management of the physical confrontation.

Author: Dan Caspi
ISBN-10: 981322536X
ISBN-13: 9789813225367
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Language: English
Published: 10/13/2017
Pages: 196
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d