The attempts to evict Palestinian residents of Sheikh Jarrah in May 2021 caught the attention of the world. While this small Palestinian neighbourhood in East Jerusalem had long been central to the Israel-Palestinian conflict, the planned expulsions pushed the situation back into the spotlight. This book discusses the complexity of the media war that took place at the same time. Across 20 chapters, it compares Israeli, Western, Palestinian and Arab media to understand how different narratives were discussed, supported and challenged. In particular, the book captures how social media became a site of online activism and alternative war narratives. The volume is unique in focusing on a specific event from many different perspectives and with material from different countries and media platforms. Case studies include the Spanish press; the African press; the BBC; Al-Jazeera English; TRT World Television; and digital media such as TikTok and Facebook, as well as the impact of social media activism. In doing so, the book also comments on the extent that citizen journalists challenge the propaganda war.
Recenzijos
The book is unique in its focus on a specific event that is explored from many different perspectives and from different regional contexts. The case material from different countries and different media platforms creates an understanding of global media wars in practice which is not commonly seen in academia in current years. -- Ehab Galal, Associate Professor Emeritus, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Noureddine Miladi and his colleagues provide valuable analyses of efforts to achieve narrative dominance in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Their examination of conventional news coverage, social media content, and public diplomacy underscores the complexities of media roles in the contest for global public opinion. * Philip Seib, Professor Emeritus of Journalism and Public Diplomacy, University of Southern California * This is a must read for those interested in media and conflict. It offers an inclusive news analysis of global sources from the Middle East, Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa. Its inclusive approach to examine reporting, advocacy, diplomatic efforts and representational issues beyond legacy and platform-based media to the emerging battlefields of social networks and ground activism. * Associate Professor Abeer Al-Najjar, American University of Sharjah, UAE *
Daugiau informacijos
Compares the international media coverage of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict during the eviction attempts of Sheikh Jarrah residents
List of Contributors
Introduction
Noureddine Miladi
Part 1 Mediating the Conflict: Cross-Country Perspectives
1. Digital Media and the War of Narratives in Reporting the
Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
Noureddine Miladi and Aaya Miladi
2. Gaza 2021: Newsworthiness and Context in the Spanish News Coverage of the
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Ruth Sanz Sabido
3. Counter-Hegemonic Global Media Narratives on the Palestine-Israel
Conflict: The Sheikh Jarrah Protests on CGTN, RT, France 24 and Telesur
Christopher D. Tulloch and Jose Luis Gordillo
4. Media Coverage of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict, Comparing Al Jazeera
English and i24News
Noureddine Miladi, Rania El-Malky and Karima Miladi
5. SDG16 in the News: Digital News Coverage of Sheikh Jarrah in Nigerian
Newspapers
Muhammad Jameel Yusha'u
6. Reporting the Sheikh Jarrah Evictions on TRT Worlds Twitter Account
Yusuf Devran
Part 2 Digital Media and the Competing Media Narratives
7 . Digital Activism and the Politics of Protest: Palestine and the Struggle
for Global Popular Representation
Mazhar Al-Zoby
8. The Orchestration of Activist Events: Making Protests Heard (and seen)
Konstantin Aal, Sarah Rüller, Peter Tolmie and Volker Wulf
9. #PalDigiplomacy: Online Palestinian Public Diplomacy during Israel's 2021
Attacks
Loreley Hahn-Herrera
10. Social Media, Activism and Mass Protest: Framed Narratives of the May
2021 Sheikh Jarrah's Events
Shadi Abu-Ayyash and Hussein AlAhmad
11. Palestinian War Narrative and Social Media: Ethnographic Account of the
Victims of Israel-Palestine War during May 2021
Tawseef Majeed and Ali M. Abushbak
Part 3 Social Media Management and Public Opinion Control
12. Comparative Analysis of Israeli and PLO Diplomacy Practices during the
May 2021 Israeli Attacks against Gaza
Sherouk Maher and Dina Matar
13. Platform Necropolitics: Content Moderation and Censoring of
Pro-Palestinian Voices on Social Media
Kelly Lewis
14. Pro-Palestinian Activism: Resisting the Digital Occupation
Dounia Mahlouly and Zaina Erhaim
15. The Media War in the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: Examining Interstate
Character Assassination in International Media
Aspriadis Neofytos
Index
Noureddine Miladi is Professor of Media and Communication at Qatar University, Qatar. Among his recent published books are Global Media Ethics and the Digital Revolution (2021) and he co-edited The Routledge Handbook of Arab Media (2020). He received his PhD in Media and Communication from the University of Westminster, London, UK.
