Battle Lines: The American Media and the Intifada

By Jim Lederman

Book Overview

Lederman draws on his intimate knowledge of the country and his long experience in journalism to analyze how the American media operate overseas during newsbreaking stories. In this instance, the breaking story was the "the Intifada," a spontaneous uprising of young Palestinians on the West Bank and in East Jerusalem that began on Dec. 8, 1987. Examines how the American media function in crisis situations far away from their home turf. He demonstrates how the media is manipulated by its own needs and proclivities and by the demands of the new technologies, and how it manipulates not only the policies of the host country but also the politics and policies of the U.S. itself.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805016023
• ISBN13: 9780805016024
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Co
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.3" x 6.5"