TY - BOOK AU - WOLFSFELD Gadi TI - Media and political conflict: news from the middle east SN - 0521589673 (pbk.): PY - 1998/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - MEDIA STUDIES KW - MIDDLE EAST KW - POLITICAL MEDIA RELATIONS N2 - Develops a model of 'political contest' as a means of understanding the involvement and impact of news media in political disputes. The second part of the book uses the theoretical model to analyse the role of the news media in three conflicts: the Gulf War; the Palestinian Intifada; and the attempt by right wing Israelis to derail the Israeli Palestinian peace accord ER -