Antisemitism in the media: varying trends

Prof. Meir Litvak, Dr. Esther Webman

In modern times, the media has become a powerful tool in shaping the collective consciousness. It is therefore extremely interesting to see how antisemitic discourse is expressed and transmitted in the various types of media active in the Arab and Islamic world today.

References

• Ben Moussa, Mohamed and Aziz Douai, eds., Mediated Identities and New Journalism in the Arab World Mapping the “Arab Spring” (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016).

• Gunter,‏ Barrie and Roger Dickinson, eds., News Media in the Arab World: A Study of 10 Arab and Muslim Countries (New York: Bloomsbury, 2013).

• Shavit, Uriya and Ofir Winter, Zionism in Arab Discourses (Manchester: Mancherster University Press, 2016).

• Webman, Esther, “Discourses on Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Arab Media,” European Societies, vol. 14, no. 2 (2012), pp. 222 – 239.

• Webman, Esther, “The ‘Jew’ as a Metaphor for Evil in Arab Public Discourse,” Journal of the Middle East and Africa, vol. 6 (2015), pp. 275 – 292.