Politics is above all a contest, and the news media are the central arena for viewing that competition. One of the central concerns of political communication has to do with the myriad ways in which politics has an impact on the news media and the equally diverse ways in which the media influences p[...]
This is the first book to examine in detail the roles that the news media can play in an ongoing peace process. Gadi Wolfsfeld explains how the press?s role in such processes varies over time and political circumstance. He examines three major cases: the Oslo peace process between Israel and the Pal[...]
This book offers and applies an approach to studying the role of media in conflicts.