Pens and Swords: How the American Mainstream Media Report the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Marda Dunsky

Paper, 456 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-13349-4
$27.50 / £16.00

January, 2008
Cloth, 456 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-13348-7
$79.50 / £47.00

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. The Policy Mirror

2. Reporting the Palestinian Refugee Story

3. Reporting on Israeli Settlements

4. Apex of the Spiral: Reporting the Violent Spring of 2002

5. The War at Home

6. In the Field

7. Toward a New Way of Reporting the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Notes

Index

Related Subjects

• Journalism & Media Studies
• Media Studies
• Middle East Studies

About the Author

Marda Dunsky is a former Arab affairs reporter for the Jerusalem Post and editor on the national/foreign desk of the Chicago Tribune. She has developed and taught a unique media literacy course on American mainstream reporting of the Arab and Muslim worlds at Northwestern University and DePaul University.

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