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3 May 2008

Self-censorship in Israeli media

Marking the 60th birthday of the state of Israel, with an examination of the language used by Israeli media when covering issues of security.

Transcript


Transcript

Refer to link in publication list hereunder, to the article 'How to be an Israeli journalist', first published in the 'Diary' column of the London Review of Books, 6/3/2008.


Guests

Yonatan Mendel,
Israel journalist, currently working on a PhD at Queens' College, Cambridge, on the connection between the Arabic language and security issues in Israel.

Further Information

Source for figure given of Palestinians killed, since September 2000, by Israel Defence Forces,
from website of B'Tselem - The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights

Publications

Title: How to become an Israeli journalist,
Author: Yonatan Mendel
URL: http://www.lrb.co.uk/v30/n05/mend01_.html
the article read by the author in this program, first published in the 'Diary' column of the London Review of Books, 6/3/2008.

Title: Reporting the Arab-Israeli Conflict: How Hegemony Works
Author: Tamar Liebes
Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Presenter

Maria Zijlstra

Producer

Carey Dell

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