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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Schejter, Amit. Muting Israeli democracy. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2009 (OCoLC)760071932 |
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| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Amit Schejter |
| ISBN: | 9780252034589 0252034589 9780252076930 0252076931 |
| OCLC Number: | 313018360 |
| Description: | xix, 192 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Culture : features and institutions -- The building blocks of official Israeli culture -- Media space and political culture in Israel -- Israeli electronic media as a system of control -- Broadcasting -- Cable and satellite -- Transborder broadcasting -- The Palestinian minority. |
| Series Title: | History of communication. |
| Responsibility: | Amit M. Schejter. |
Abstract:
Based on the result of years of critical analysis of Israeli media law, this book argues that the laws governing Israeli electronic media are structured to limit the boundaries of public discourse. It posits the theory of a 'mute democracy', one in which the media are designed to provide a platform for some voices to be heard over others.
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"A fascinating and highly readable contribution to our understanding of the fragile state of Israeli democracy. Schejter shows how painfully complex the very distinction between a democracy and a non-democracy really is." Daniel Dor, author of The Suppression of Guilt: The Israeli Media and the Reoccupation of the West Bank Read more...
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