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Please join the S-CAR community for a brown bag discussion with Visiting Scholar Yehudith Auerbach.
This study examines the place of national narratives and metanarratives in reconciliation between parties to an identity conflict and the role that the media play in this process. The study introduces a conceptual framework and applies it to the case of Mohammad al-Dura, 2000. It analyses items from two Israeli newspapers (Yediot Aharonot and Ha’aretz) and three Palestinian newspapers (al-Quds, Alayam, and al-Hayat al-Jadida) as well as news reports published on-line by two Israeli portals (YNET and WALLA!) and the talkbacks received in response to the coverage. The analysis illustrates the role Palestinian traditional media and the Israeli talkbacks have played in amplifying their national narratives. On the other hand, the Israeli traditional media, which have manifested readiness to incorporate the narrative of the "other" into the national narrative, demonstrated the study's thesis that media can play a positive role in facilitating the reconciliation process between parties in an identity conflict.
Please feel free to bring your lunch, coffee and tea will be provided.