TY - JOUR
T1 - Broadcast Media and Their Social Network Sites
T2 - The Case of Palestinian–Israeli Representations and Capabilities
AU - Shomron, Baruch
AU - Schejter, Amit M.
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The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/ or publication of this article: 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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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3943-782X Shomron Baruch 1 Schejter Amit M. 1 2 1 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be’er Sheva, Israel 2 Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA Baruch Shomron, The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Communications Studies, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, P.O. Box 653, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel. Email: [email protected] 12 2019 1527476419893596 © The Author(s) 2019 2019 SAGE Publications This study examines how media representations of Palestinian–Israelis differ between broadcast media outlets and their social networking sites, using the “capabilities approach” as the theoretical framework. The study presents a quantitative content analysis comparison of the frequency and context of appearances of Palestinian–Israeli interviewees on all news and current affairs programs broadcast on the five major Israeli broadcast networks over twelve months, as well as the simultaneous appearances of the interviewees on the programs’ Facebook and Twitter accounts. The results suggest that social networking sites of broadcast media are more enabling of capabilities for Palestinian–Israelis relative to the broadcast media themselves. Thus, with changing consumption patterns and technological developments, this analysis points to the importance of examining social networks in addition to traditional broadcast platforms, for a more comprehensive understanding of which capabilities are enabled through traditional mass media as they expand their reach to new technologies. capabilities approach Palestinian–Israelis broadcast media social networks Facebook Twitter fp7 people: marie-curie actions https://doi.org/10.13039/100011264 edited-state corrected-proof typesetter ts1 Declaration of Conflicting Interests The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. Funding The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/ or publication of this article: 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). ORCID iD Baruch Shomron https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3943-782X
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PY - 2021/7
Y1 - 2021/7
N2 - This study examines how media representations of Palestinian–Israelis differ between broadcast media outlets and their social networking sites, using the “capabilities approach” as the theoretical framework. The study presents a quantitative content analysis comparison of the frequency and context of appearances of Palestinian–Israeli interviewees on all news and current affairs programs broadcast on the five major Israeli broadcast networks over twelve months, as well as the simultaneous appearances of the interviewees on the programs’ Facebook and Twitter accounts. The results suggest that social networking sites of broadcast media are more enabling of capabilities for Palestinian–Israelis relative to the broadcast media themselves. Thus, with changing consumption patterns and technological developments, this analysis points to the importance of examining social networks in addition to traditional broadcast platforms, for a more comprehensive understanding of which capabilities are enabled through traditional mass media as they expand their reach to new technologies.
AB - This study examines how media representations of Palestinian–Israelis differ between broadcast media outlets and their social networking sites, using the “capabilities approach” as the theoretical framework. The study presents a quantitative content analysis comparison of the frequency and context of appearances of Palestinian–Israeli interviewees on all news and current affairs programs broadcast on the five major Israeli broadcast networks over twelve months, as well as the simultaneous appearances of the interviewees on the programs’ Facebook and Twitter accounts. The results suggest that social networking sites of broadcast media are more enabling of capabilities for Palestinian–Israelis relative to the broadcast media themselves. Thus, with changing consumption patterns and technological developments, this analysis points to the importance of examining social networks in addition to traditional broadcast platforms, for a more comprehensive understanding of which capabilities are enabled through traditional mass media as they expand their reach to new technologies.
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U2 - 10.1177/1527476419893596
DO - 10.1177/1527476419893596
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AN - SCOPUS:85077379289
SN - 1527-4764
VL - 22
SP - 482
EP - 500
JO - Television and New Media
JF - Television and New Media
IS - 5
ER -