Eytan Gilboa is a professor of international communication and government at Bar-Ilan University in Israel. He has written extensively on international communication, American-Israeli relations, and the Arab-Israeli conflict. His best-known book is American Public Opinion toward Israel and the Arab-Israeli Conflict. His most recent book, an edited volume on Mass Communication and Conflicts, will be published soon. He is the recipient of The 2001 Best Article Award of the International Communication Association. Professor Gilboa has been a visiting professor at several distinguished American and European universities including Harvard, UCLA, Georgetown, and the American University in Washington, D.C. He frequently contributes articles to the print media and is a commentator on Israeli and world television and radio networks including CNN International, BBC World, and Fox News. He earned his Ph.D. at Harvard University. Gilboa will investigate the effects of global communication on the formulation and conduct of foreign policy.
The Global News Networks and U.S. Policymaking in Defense and Foreign Affairs
January 1, 2002
A paper by Eytan Gilboa, spring 2002 fellow, investigates the effects of global television news on the formulation and implementation of foreign policy. While it found no evidence to support the “CNN effect,” a theory that claims global television now determines policy, it does present evidence and analysis of other significant effects on various phases
