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:“The pressures of organised public relations, lobbying and systematic criticism together with the privileging of Israeli perspectives by political and public figures, can affect the climate within which journalists operate. There is no total control and there are areas of the media where the debate is relatively open. But these factors go some way to explaining why journalists sometimes have difficulty in giving a clear account of the Palestinian perspective, while they can apparently more easily facilitate that of the Israelis” (Philo & Berry 2004:256). | :“The pressures of organised public relations, lobbying and systematic criticism together with the privileging of Israeli perspectives by political and public figures, can affect the climate within which journalists operate. There is no total control and there are areas of the media where the debate is relatively open. But these factors go some way to explaining why journalists sometimes have difficulty in giving a clear account of the Palestinian perspective, while they can apparently more easily facilitate that of the Israelis” (Philo & Berry 2004:256). | ||
− | Herman and Chomsky's propaganda model describe this phenomenon of organised negative responses to media coverage as "flak"; they argue that powerful governments and corporations can use their influence to pressurise the media into being uncritical of their activities (Herman & Chomsky 1994:28). UK Journalist Nick Davies describes this type of flak as an electric fence which journalists are unable to cross; he says "the most potent electric fence in the world is the one erected on behalf of the Israeli government" | + | Herman and Chomsky's propaganda model describe this phenomenon of organised negative responses to media coverage as "flak"; they argue that powerful governments and corporations can use their influence to pressurise the media into being uncritical of their activities (Herman & Chomsky 1994:28). UK Journalist Nick Davies describes this type of flak as an electric fence which journalists are unable to cross; he says "the most potent electric fence in the world is the one erected on behalf of the Israeli government"(Davies 2008:124) |
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===Books=== | ===Books=== | ||
* Mearsheimer & Walt (2007), ''The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy'', Penguin: London | * Mearsheimer & Walt (2007), ''The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy'', Penguin: London | ||
− | * Philo & Berry (2004), ''Bad News from Israel'', Pluto Press: London | + | * Philo, G & Berry, M (2004), ''Bad News from Israel'', Pluto Press: London |
+ | * Herman, E & Chomsky, N (1994), ''Manufacturing Consent: The political economy of the mass media'', Vintage: London | ||
+ | * Davies, N (2008), ''Flat Earth News'', Chatto & Windus: London | ||
===Articles=== | ===Articles=== |
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