TY - JOUR
T1 - Diversity in broadcasting as an enabler of capabilities
T2 - The case of Palestinian-Israeli women on public and commercial radio and television
AU - Shomron, Baruch
AU - Schejter, Amit
N1 - Funding Information:
This study has been supported by a Career Integration Grant awarded by the Marie Curie FP7 program of the European Union (project #322207) and by the I-CORE Program of the Planning and Budgeting Committee and the Israel Science Foundation (grant no. 1716/12).
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PY - 2022/1/1
Y1 - 2022/1/1
N2 - The study examines how media-portrayals of Palestinian–Israeli women, can help community members realize their capabilities. We present a comparison of the frequency and context of appearances, between different media institutions, public and commercial, and between different media technologies, radio and television, based on a sample that includes all news and current affairs programs broadcast on all five Israeli broadcast networks over 24 months (2016–2017). The results, which show underrepresentation and misrepresentation of Palestinian-Israeli women, are analyzed utilizing the capabilities-approach. Additionally, to better understand the implications of media representations on women’s capabilities, we include semi-structured qualitative interviews with 15 Palestinian-Israeli women. The analysis suggests that Israeli broadcasting hinders the full realization of six distinct capabilities for Palestinian-Israeli women, which are detrimental to their wellbeing.
AB - The study examines how media-portrayals of Palestinian–Israeli women, can help community members realize their capabilities. We present a comparison of the frequency and context of appearances, between different media institutions, public and commercial, and between different media technologies, radio and television, based on a sample that includes all news and current affairs programs broadcast on all five Israeli broadcast networks over 24 months (2016–2017). The results, which show underrepresentation and misrepresentation of Palestinian-Israeli women, are analyzed utilizing the capabilities-approach. Additionally, to better understand the implications of media representations on women’s capabilities, we include semi-structured qualitative interviews with 15 Palestinian-Israeli women. The analysis suggests that Israeli broadcasting hinders the full realization of six distinct capabilities for Palestinian-Israeli women, which are detrimental to their wellbeing.
KW - Palestinian-Israelis
KW - capabilities approach
KW - gender
KW - media representations
KW - social justice
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85089448437&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/14680777.2020.1804978
DO - 10.1080/14680777.2020.1804978
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85089448437
SN - 1468-0777
VL - 22
SP - 390
EP - 408
JO - Feminist Media Studies
JF - Feminist Media Studies
IS - 2
ER -
