Reshaping the Context and Personalizing the Message Penetrate the Taboo
A Play on a Spy who Betrayed his State
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12805841 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anat Gesser‐Edelsburg (0000-0003-4467-8799, University of Haifa, corresponding author), Moshe Israelashvili (0000-0002-7072-2477, Tel Aviv University) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 51-63 |
| Publication date | 2009-03-16 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Democracy and Security (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1555-5860 • E-ISSN: 1741-9166 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17419160902724575 |
| OpenAlex | W1972835924 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Mordechai Vanunu was accused and convicted by the state of Israel for betraying Israel's atomic secrets. In the play Mister V, written after his story, spectators undergo a change process, from alienation to a state of identification with the actor who represents Vanunu. This shift in the attitude of the audience is due to the interplay of a gradual exposure of the narrative and various features of fidelity inserted by the actor on the stage. A pre-post measurement of the perceptions of the spectators indicated a significant shift in their attitudes, toward acceptance of the ideological representation of Vanunu, as seen on the stage, as “reality” itself. This is a case study that exemplifies the power of personalization on attitudes change, even in the context of contrasting loyalties such as security and democracy
Aesthetics · Alienation · Art · Context (archaeology · Democracy · Epistemology · Ideology · Literature · Media studies · Narrative · Perception · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · State (computer science · Taboo · Computer Science · History · Law · Media Influence and Health · Media Studies and Communication · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.19 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2010 - 2013 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |