Days of awe: The praxis of news coverage during national crisis

Motti Neiger; Eyal Zandberg

doi:10.1515/comm.2004.29.4.429

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Days of awe: The praxis of news coverage during national crisis

Motti Neiger and Eyal Zandberg

Published/Copyright: July 27, 2005

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The case study aims to reveal the praxis that serves the media during ethnic-violence conflicts. The article closely reads reports of the Israeli media covering the clashes between Israeli Arabs and the police, in the first days of the second Intifada (September 28–October 9, 2000). We analyze how mainstream Hebrew media (television news stations and newspapers) covered the unfolding events, and also refer to reports in Arab-language newspapers. Two prominent trends shaped the frame through which events were reported: Inclusion and exclusion. Israel's Hebrew-language media excluded the Arab citizens from the general Israeli public, while, at the same time, equating them with the residents of the Palestinian Authority. That is, the media framed the Arab Israeli citizens as Palestinians, blurring the line between the riots within Israel and the armed violence in the West Bank and Gaza. This coverage changed after the first and most intense days of riots; Israeli journalists then switched to a more civil framing after establishing an inner as well as an outer discourse (mainly in concurrence with the politicians).

Keywords: minorities; conflict; news coverage; journalism practice; Israel; Intifada; Arab-Israelis

Published Online: 2005-07-27

Published in Print: 2004-12-01

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minorities; conflict; news coverage; journalism practice; Israel; Intifada; Arab-Israelis