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MEDIA AND THE PATH TO PEACE
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| By: |
Gadi Wolfsfeld, W. Lance Bennett |
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Hardback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0521831369 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780521831369 |
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| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
15 January, 2004 |
| Series: |
Communication, Society and Politics |
| Pages: |
284 |
| Description: |
This book examines the role of the media in peace processes, arguing that it is often destructive. |
| Synopsis: |
This is the first book to examine in detail the roles that the news media can play in an ongoing peace process. Gadi Wolfsfeld explains how the press's role in such processes varies over time and political circumstance. He examines three major cases: the Oslo peace process between Israel and the Palestinians; the peace process between Israel and Jordan; and the process surrounding the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland. Wolfsfeld's central argument is that there is a fundamental contradiction between news values and the nature of a peace process. This often leads the media to play a destructive role in attempts to make peace, but variations in the political and media environment affect significantly exactly how the media behave. Wolfsfeld shows how the media played a mainly destructive role in the Oslo peace process, but were more constructive during the Israel-Jordan process and in Northern Ireland. |
| Illustrations: |
1 b/w illus. 17 tables |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
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Returnable |