Gadi Wolfsfeld holds the rank of full Professor of Communication at the Sammy Offer School of Communication at the Interdisciplinary Center. He held a joint appointment in political science and communication at the Hebrew University and served as the Chair of the department of communication. He is an expert on Israeli politics and the role of the press in the Arab-Israeli conflict and serves as a media consultant for a wide range of Israeli companies and organizations, the Israeli Defense Forces and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The Role of the News Media in Unequal Political Conflicts: From the Intifada to the Gulf War and Back Again
June 1, 1993
A paper by Gadi Wolfsfeld, fall 1992 fellow, develops and applies a theoretical model to analyze the role of the news media in political conflicts, particularly unequal conflicts in the Middle East. Under what conditions are the news media most likely to play an independent role in political conflicts? The answer to this question, argues
