Back stories : U.S. news production and Palestinian politics

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Label

Back stories : U.S. news production and Palestinian politics

Title remainder

U.S. news production and Palestinian politics

Statement of responsibility

Amahl A. Bishara

Creator

• Bishara, Amahl A., 1976-

Author

• Bishara, Amahl A., 1976-

Subject

• Arab-Israeli conflict -- 1993- -- Press coverage -- United States
• Arab-Israeli conflict -- Press coverage
• Gaza Strip
• Gaza Strip -- Press coverage -- United States
• Journalism -- Objectivity
• Journalism -- Political aspects
• Journalism -- Political aspects -- West Bank
• Journalism -- United States -- Objectivity
• Journalists, Palestinian Arab -- West Bank
• LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Journalism
• Palestinian Arabs -- Press coverage -- United States
• Press coverage
• Since 1993
• United States
• West Bank
• West Bank -- Press coverage -- United States
• Journalists, Palestinian Arab
• Al-Aqsa Intifada, 2000- -- Press coverage -- United States

Language

eng

Summary

"Few topics in the news are more hotly contested than the Israeli-Palestinian conflict--and news coverage itself is always a subject of debate. But rarely do these debates incorporate an on-the-ground perspective of what and who newsmaking entails. Studying how journalists work in Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Ramallah, and Nablus, and on the tense roads that connect these cities, Amahl Bishara demonstrates how the production of U.S. news about Palestinians depends on multifaceted collaborations, typically invisible to Western readers. She focuses on the work that Palestinian journalists do behind the scenes and below the bylines--as fixers, photojournalists, camerapeople, reporters, and producers--to provide the news that Americans read, see, and hear every day. Ultimately, this book demonstrates how Palestinians play integral roles in producing U.S. news and how U.S. journalism in turn shapes Palestinian politics. U.S. objectivity is in Palestinian journalists' hands, and Palestinian self-determination cannot be fully understood without attention to the journalist standing off to the side, quietly taking notes. Back Stories examines news stories big and small--Yassir Arafat's funeral, female suicide bombers, protests against the separation barrier, an all-but-unnoticed killing of a mentally disabled man--to investigate urgent questions about objectivity, violence, the state, and the production of knowledge in today's news. This book reaches beyond the headlines into the lives of Palestinians during the second intifada to give readers a new vantage point on both Palestinians and journalism"--Provided by publisher

Member of

• Ebook Central Academic Complete

Cataloging source

E7B

Dewey number

070.4089/9274

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

PN5449.W46

LC item number

B57 2012eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography