The pillar of fire by night, to shew them light
Israeli broadcasting, the Supreme Court and the Zionist narrative
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11268262 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Amit M Schejter (0000-0002-3670-2165, Pennsylvania State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 916-933 |
| Publication date | 2007-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Media Culture & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0163-4437 • E-ISSN: 1460-3675 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0163443707081695 |
| OpenAlex | W2042505709 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 27 |
This article discusses cases in which the Israeli Supreme Court was asked to block the broadcasting of television programs produced by the national broadcaster – the Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) – on the grounds that they purportedly misrepresented historical truths. The article shows, through various examples, how the court uses its ideological biases in order to serve the dominant interpretation of the history of Zionism and to perpetuate this interpretation by providing it with a judicial stamp of approval. Providing relevant background to the events portrayed in these television programs and the ideological controversies surrounding them, the article describes how the court’s traditional interpretation of Zionism, as well as its long-established view of the role of media in society, contribute to its decisions, and, consequently, how the court has joined the media in creating the ‘mediated/imagined’ Israeli community
Art · Ideology · Interpretation (philosophy · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Supreme court · Zionism · Computer Science · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Middle East Politics and Society
Israel
How Societies Remember
Media Events
Class, Ethnic, and National Cleavages and Democracy in Israel
Speaking Bitterness
Political Correctness and Cultural Studies
A “Jewish State…to Be Known as the State of Israel”
Collective Memory and Judicial Legitimacy
Making History
Historical Adjudication
The Invention of the Mizrahim
Partial Visions
Founding myths and heroic icons
The Rabin Myth and the Press
The Heroism of Hannah Senesz
Israeli Identity
Broadcasting in the Third World
National Identities and Communications Technologies
How the past weighs on the present
Social Control, Urban Planning and Ethno-class Relations
Finding Meaning in Memory
"Electronic Pageantry and Japan's "Symbolic Emperor
Sephardim in Israel
Social Memory Studies
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,35 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2022 (14) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |