The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in the British Press provides an extensive empirical analysis of how the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been constructed in British national newspapers since 1948. It traces the evolution of representations of the conflict by placing them in a historical context, with particular reference to Britain’s postcolonial relation to Palestine, and by presenting an in-depth analysis of the evolution of press language, including the use of terms such as ‘terrorism’ and ‘terrorist’ to classify agents of political violence. It applies an original approach to the study of media coverage, using a Postcolonial Critical Discourse Analysis framework, an innovative method that examines selected case studies in relation to theories of postcolonialism and discourse. Using this unique hybrid methodology, Sanz Sabido provides a thorough and precise unpicking of a highly mediated conflict.
Author(s): Ruth Sanz Sabido
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2019
Language: English
Pages: 198
Tags: Media Studies, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, British Press
Front Matter ....Pages i-xi
Introduction: The Promised Land and a Land of Promises (Ruth Sanz Sabido)....Pages 1-17
Postcolonial Critical Discourse Analysis: Theory and Method (Ruth Sanz Sabido)....Pages 19-53
Contextualising the Conflict: A Brief History of the Land (Ruth Sanz Sabido)....Pages 55-78
Contextualising the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict in the News (Ruth Sanz Sabido)....Pages 79-99
Situating Political Violence: ‘Terrorism’ and Discourse (Ruth Sanz Sabido)....Pages 101-119
‘Terrorism’ and the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict in the News (Ruth Sanz Sabido)....Pages 121-154
Identity, Conflict and Visibility (Ruth Sanz Sabido)....Pages 155-180
Conclusions (Ruth Sanz Sabido)....Pages 181-191
Back Matter ....Pages 193-195
