Demon in the box : Jews, Arabs, politics, and culture in the making of Israeli television / Tasha G. Oren.

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9780813536378

9780813534190

9780813534206

Titre:

Demon in the box : Jews, Arabs, politics, and culture in the making of Israeli television / Tasha G. Oren.

Auteur:

Oren, Tasha G., author.

Auteur personnel:

Oren, Tasha G., author.

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Description physique:

1 online resource (x, 220 pages) : illustrations

Contenu:

pt. 1: Telespeculations: debating Israeli television ; 1. Mere glints and refractions: the uses of pre-history and the origins of the television discourse ; 2. Broadcasting through the back door: three models for Israeli television ; 3. The belly dancer strategy: Israeli educational television and its alternatives -- pt. II. Image and nation: broadcasting in conflict ; 4. Clenched fist and open palm: the Six Day War, combat radio formula, and the launch of general television ; 5. "Jewish television or Mickey Mouse culture?": the 1969 election and the sabbath debate ; 6. Good for the Jews: airing national guilt and the Hirbat Hizaa affair.

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Terme sujet:

Television broadcasting -- Israel.

Format:

Ressources électroniques

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Date de publication:

2004

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What does a country's television programming say about its deep character, beliefs, dreams, and fears? In Demon in the Box, Tasha G. Oren recounts the volatile history of Israeli television and thereby reveals the history of the nation itself. Initially rejected as a corrupting influence on "the people of the book," television became the object of fantasies and anxieties that went to the heart of Israel's most pressing concerns: Arab-Israeli relations, immigration, and the forgoing of a modern Israeli culture. Television broadcasting was aimed toward external relations--the flow of messages across borders, Arab-Israeli conflict, and the shaping of public opinion worldwide--as much as it was toward internal needs and interests. Through archival research and analysis of public scandals and early programs, Oren traces Israeli television's transformation from a feared agent of decadence to a powerful national communication tool, and eventually, to a vastly popular entertainment medium.