Media, Minorities and Hybrid Identities (Adoni, Caspi, Gurion, Cohen) |
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Title: Media, Minorities and Hybrid Identities
Sub-title: The Arab and Russian Communities in Israel
Author(s): Hanna Adoni, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Dan Caspi, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, and Akiba A. Cohen, Tel Aviv University
Publish Date: July 2006
Pages: 232
Affiliation: Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Tel Aviv University
Format: Paper
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| This book presents a study that examined two large minority groups in Israeli society: Russian immigrants who arrived in the country from 1989 to 1998 as a “returning Diaspora,” and the Arab citizens of Israel , who became an unwilling minority with the establishment of the State in 1948. Using institutional analysis of the Russian and Arabic media available in Israel as well as survey research among samples of the two groups, the study focused on three interrelated issues: the nature and contents of the media provided for and by these two minority communities; the way the minority members use domestic and global media in the multimedia and multilingual environment; and the patterns of media usage involved in the construction of hybrid identities that forms the basis for integration within the mainstream society.
Abridged Contents: Prologue. THE CONTEXT OF THE STUDY. Minorities and Multiculturalism in Liberal Democracies: Theoretical Issues. The Research Design: Methodological Issues. THE ISRAELI ARABS. The Arab Community in Israel . The Arabic Media Map in Israel . Media Consumption and the Social Construction of Identities Among Israeli Arabs. THE RUSSIAN IMMIGRANTS. The Russian Immigrant Community in Israel . The Russian Media Map in Israel . Media Consumption and the Social Construction of Identities Among Russian Immigrants in Israel . LINKING THE TWO MINORITIES: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS. Media and the Dialectics of Integration and Segregation: A Comparative Analysis. Epilogue. Appendixes. References. Author Index. Subject Index. |
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