This study establishes a conceptual framework for the dynamic relationship between communications and politics in a democracy, using Israel and its mass media as a case study. The authors focus primarily on the period between the establishment of the State of Israel and the mid 1990s.
Foreword ix Itzhak Galnoor Introduction: On Mass Media as Mediators 1(310) Mediation and Mediators 2(5) The Mass Media as a Social Institution 7(1) The Media Institution and the Political Institution 8(3) Classification of Communications Organizations 11(3) The Structure and Sources of This Book 14(1) Endnotes 15(2) The Media Institution: Structure and Characteristics 17(46) Members Organizations 18(9) Auxiliary Organizations 27(10) Characteristics of the Media Institution 37(19) The Media Institution at the Crossroads 56(1) Endnotes 57(6) The Print Press: Processes and Changes 63(62) The Passing of the Party Press 67(5) The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of the Foreign Language Press 72(6) The Consolidation of the Private Press 78(13) The Growth of the Local Press 91(7) The Periodical Press-Variety and Specialization 98(5) The Israelification of the Arab Press 103(3) Functional Changes in the Print Press 106(6) Endnotes 112(13) The Broadcasting Media: Structure and Processes 125(44) The Formative Period 127(4) Public Broadcasting and the Broadcasting Monopoly 131(6) The Civilianization of Galey Zahal 137(5) Controlled and Uncontrolled Decentralization of Radio Broadcasting 142(3) Controlled Competition Among the Media 145(5) Reinforcement of Controlled Pluralism: Educational Television 150(1) The End of the Broadcasting Monopoly: The Second Channel 151(3) Intensification of Pluralism in Broadcasting---Cable Television 154(4) The Tightly-Coiled Spring 158(1) Endnotes 159(10) Mass Communications and Social Institutions: The Israeli Mixed Model 169(22) Two Models for Regulation of Relations 172(6) Who Controls the Media? 178(2) How They Control the Media 180(5) Consequences of the Mixed Model 185(3) Endnotes 188(3) The Israeli Model in Practice (A): Formal and Informal Relations at the Macro Level 191(68) Formal Arrangements at the Macro Level 193(43) Informal Relations at the Macro Level 236(10) Endnotes 246(13) The Israeli Model in Practice (B): Formal and Informal Relations at the Micro Level 259(32) Formal Arrangements at the Micro Level 260(15) Informal Relations at the Micro Level 275(10) Endnotes 285(6) Toward the 21st Century---Processes and Challenges 291(20) More Technology-Less Control 292(3) Demassification and Democratization 295(3) The Emergence of Local Mediators 298(1) The Demythification of the media 299(1) Ownership Concentration and the Emergence of ``Media Barons 300(2) Functional Changes in Media Organizations 302(1) Feminization of the Media Profession 303(1) Are Journalistic Ethics Dying? 304(1) The Melting Pot Versus the Tower of Babel 305(1) The Death of Military Censorship? 305(3) The Public Broadcasting Crisis 308(1) Endnotes 309(2) References 311(16) Author Index 327(4) Subject Index 331
