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Bad News from Israel By Greg Philo Publisher: Pluto Press (UK) (June 1, 2004, 256 pages) Book Description: Based on rigorous research by the world-renowned Glasgow University Media Group, this authoritative and well-referenced book examines media coverage - and media bias - of the current conflict in the Middle East and the impact this coverage has on public opinion. Beginning with a brief history of the present crisis from the period of the British mandate in Palestine through to the creation of Israel, the refugee crisis, the wars, attempts at peace, Oslo and Wye Accords and the intifadas, it then examines media coverage of the conflict, mainly focusing on television news - and discussing the major differences in the way Israelis and Palestinians are represented on television. Using new techniques to identify trends in public understanding and belief, it looks at audience reception and shows very clearly how public belief and opinion have been shaped by news reporting. In the light of the Group's findings, alternative and improved ways of presenting news are considered, based on research which involves broadcasters, academics, journalists and ordinary viewers. Covering Islam : How the Media and the Experts Determine How We See the Rest of the World By Edward W. Said Publisher: Vintage (Revised edition March 11, 1997), 272 pages From the Iranian hostage crisis through the Gulf War and the bombing of the World Trade Center, the American news media have portrayed "Islam" as a monolithic entity, synonymous with terrorism and religious hysteria. In this classic work, now updated, the author of Culture and Imperialism reveals the hidden agendas and distortions of fact that underlie even the most "objective" coverage of the Islamic world. Framing the Intifada : People and Media By Akiba A. Cohen, Gadi Wolfsfeld Publisher: Ablex Publishing (January 1994), 214 pages The first intifada, which began in December 1987, has become one of the longest running confrontations within the broad context of the Israeli-Arab conflict. This volume is not concerned with why the intifada phenomenon began, how it developed, or possible scenarios for the future. Rather, it is about communication and the intifada: what people have been saying, thinking, and writing about the conflict and about the messages being produced by the mass media. The book is a collection of studies conducted mostly in Israel and some other Western countries. Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict, New and Revised Edition By Norman G. Finkelstein Publisher: Verso Books (2nd revised edition April 2003), 256 pages This polemical study systematically undermines the popular and scholarly representations of the Israel- Palestine conflict. Opening with a theoretical discussion of Zionism and its roots, Norman Finkelstein goes on to look at the demographic origins of the Palestinians, referencing the work of Joan Peters and critiquing the influential studies of both Benny Morris and Anita Shapira, and closes by demonstrating that the casting of Israel as the innocent victim of Arab aggression in the June 1967 and October 1973 wars is not supported by the documentary record. Media and Political Conflict : News from the Middle East By Gadi Wolfsfeld Publisher: Cambridge University Press (April 1997), 269 pages The news media have become the central arena for political conflicts today. Previous work on this subject has been limited to looking at the role of the news media in either a particular conflict (such as the Gulf War) or a particular type of conflict (such as terrorism). Media and Political Conflict is the first book that offers a dynamic and comprehensive approach to studying confrontations as small as protests and as large as wars, and applies this approach to analyze three conflicts: the Gulf War, the Palestinian Intifada, and the attempt by the Israeli right wing to derail the Israeli-Palestinian peace accord. Media and the Path to Peace By Gadi Wolfsfeld Publisher: Cambridge University Press (January 15, 2004), 284 pages Examining the role that the news media play in peace processes, Gadi Wolfsfeld argues that, although often destructive, the role of the press varies over time and political circumstance. Wolfsfeld analyzes these variations by examining 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. Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People By Jack G. Shaheen Publisher: Interlink Pub. Group (July 2001), 592 pages Award-winning film authority Jack G. Shaheen, noting that only Native Americans have been more relentlessly smeared on the silver screen, painstakingly makes his case that "Arab" has remained Hollywood's shameless shorthand for "bad guy," long after the movie industry has shifted its portrayal of other minority groups. Silent No More: Confronting America's False Images of Islam By Paul Findley Publisher: Amana Pubns. (July 2001), 336 pages With precise citations, Findley, a Christian, debunks in his narration, the stereotypes of Islam. The author of four other books, two of them on the Arab-Israeli conflict, Findley draws on his decade-long experience as the senior Republican on the House of Representatives subcommittee on the Middle East, his personal knowledge of the region and its leaders, as well as his nationwide acquaintance with U.S. Muslims. ©2000-2007 electronicIntifada.net unless otherwise noted. Content may represent personal view of author. 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