Representing Palestine: Media and Journalism in Australia Since World War I

298 Pages·2018·16.531 MB·English

by  Peter Manning

PeterManning,PhD,isVisitingFellowintheSchoolofCommunication,
FacultyofArtsandSocialSciencesattheUniversityofTechnologySydney.
Beforeturningtoacademia,hewasaninvestigativereporter,producerand
then executive producer of Four Corners in the 1980s and head of the
Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s TV News and Current Affairs
department in the early 1990s, starting Lateline,Foreign Correspondent and
Landline. He later went on to be head of Current Affairs at the Seven
Network.HeisalsotheauthorofUsandThem:AJournalist’sInvestigationof
Media, Muslims and the Middle East (2006), along with other books,
chaptersandpapers.
‘Israel and Palestine occupy a unique place in Australian media and
politics.Thismeticulousresearchexposestheoriginsofthisextraordinary
engagement. This forensic analysis of the Australian media’s coverage of
thePalestineissueexposesclearlythecrucialroletheinternationalmedia
plays in the fortunes of one of the world’s oldest conflicts. A must-read
for anyone caring about Palestine and interested in media’s ethics and
contribution to global peace.’
Illan Pappe´, Professor of History, Director of the European
Centre for Palestine Studies, University of Exeter
‘Through a detailed and solid textual analysis, this book provides a
media history that describes an Australian newspaper’s portrayal of the
Palestiniansduringpeakperiodsofnewsinterestsoveracentury.Itoffersa
historyofjournalisticpracticesandethicsaswellasacriticalaccountofthe
rootsoftwenty-firstcenturydemonisationofthePalestinians.’
Dina Matar, Senior Lecturer in Arab Media and
Political Communication and Head of the Centre
for Global Media and Communication, SOAS
SOAS PALESTINE STUDIES
This book series aims at promoting innovative research in the study of
Palestine, Palestinians and the Israel–Palestine conflict as a crucial
componentofMiddleEasternandworldpolitics.ThefirsteverWestern
academic series entirely dedicated to this topic, SOAS Palestine Studies
draws from a variety of disciplinary fields, including history, politics,
media, visual arts, social anthropology, and development studies. The
series is published under the academic direction of the Centre for
Palestine Studies (CPS) at the London Middle East Institute (LMEI) of
SOAS, University of London.
Series Editor:
Gilbert Achcar, Professor of Development Studies and International
Relations at SOAS, Chair of the Centre for Palestine Studies
Board Advisor:
Hassan Hakimian, Director of the London Middle East Institute at
SOAS
Current Titles:
Palestine Ltd.: Neoliberalism and Nationalism in the Occupied Territory,
Toufic Haddad
PoliticsandPalestinianLiteratureinExile:Gender,AestheticsandResistance
in the Short Story, Joseph R. Farag
Palestinian Citizens of Israel: Power, Resistance and the Struggle for Space,
Sharri Plonski

REPRESENTING
PALESTINE
Media and Journalism in Australia
since World War I
P M
ETER ANNING
Centre for Palestine Studies
Published in association with the Centre for Palestine Studies,
London Middle East Institute
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To my trio of friends and mentors:
Professors Heather Goodall, Ahmad Shboul and Liz Jacka