The U.S. Media and the Middle East: Image and Perception: Yahya R. Kamalipour: Praeger

The U.S. Media and the Middle East

Image and Perception

The U.S. Media and the Middle East

Image and Perception

Description

In this thought-provoking volume, experts explore the disturbing ramifications of portrayal of the Middle East by the U.S. media; analyze the stereotypes and misconceptions that Americans have of Arabs, Iranians, and other Middle Easterners; and discuss the far-reaching political and cultural impact of the United States on the Middle East. Focusing on the U.S. media (books, magazines, newspapers, motion pictures, television) coverage and portrayal of Arabs, Palestinians, the Intifada, Middle Eastern women, Iran, Islam, Turkey, and the Persian Gulf War, the book also examines the impact of motion picture classics on young children and the perceptions of American students relative to the Middle East.

College students, educators, media professionals, policy makers, researchers, writers, and all those concerned about political communication, cross-cultural education, media effects, and international communication will find startling information about a critical topic on which very little has been written.

List of Tables
Foreword by George Gerbner
Introduction
Introductory Perspectives
Images and the Crisis of Political Legitimacy by Hamid Mowlana
Elements of Cross-Cultural Communication and the Middle East by Mazharul Haque
Competing News Narratives, Consensus, and World Power by Thomas Roach
U.S. Media and the Middle East: A General Perspective
The Palestinian Leadership and the American Media: Changing Images and Conflicting Results by R. S. Zaharna
Middle Eastern Women in Western Eyes: A Study of U.S. Press Photographs of Middle Eastern Women by Karin Gwinn Wilkins
U.S. Media Coverage of the Intifada and American Public Opinion by AnneMarie A. Daniel
Mediating the Other: American Pop Culture Representation of Post-Revolutionary Iran by Hamid Nafficy
Covering up Iran: Why Vital Information is Routinely Excluded from U.S. Media News Accounts by David Detmer
U.S. Media and the Persian Gulf War
The U.S. Media and the 1993 War Against Iraq by Douglas Kellner
Limiting the Options: Anti-Arab Images in U.S. Media Coverage of the Persian Gulf Crisis by Lee Wigle Artz and Mark A. Pollock
U.S. Media and the Middle East: Newspapers and Magazines
The Arab Image in Newspaper Political Cartoons by Allen W. Palmer
Coverage of Arabs in Two Leading U.S. News Magazines: Time and Newsweek by Malhboub Hashem
America Looks at the Turks: Analysis of Major U.S. News Magazines' Coverage by Peggy Bieber-Roberts
Electronic Media and the Middle East
Portrayal of Iranians in U.S. Motion Pictures by Jane Campbell
Hollywood Holding Us Hostage: Or, Why Are Terrorists in the Movies Middle Easterners? by Linda K. Fuller
Media Impact and Perception
Islam and the West: Cultural Encounter by Abbas Malek and Krista E. Wiegand
Through a Glass Darkly: American Media Images of Middle Eastern Cultures and Their Potential Impact on Young Children by Robert L. Schrag and Manoocher N. Javidi
American Students' Perception of Arabs in Political Cartoons by Jack A. Nelson and Maher N. al-Hajji
Selected bibliography
Index