1st Edition

Media Strategy and Military Operations in the 21st Century Mediatizing the Israel Defence Forces

By Michal Shavit Copyright 2017
228 Pages
by Routledge

228 Pages
by Routledge

228 Pages
by Routledge

This book applies the concept of mediatization to the contemporary dynamic between war, media and society, with a focus on the Israel Defence Forces (IDF). Since the beginning of the 21st century the IDF has undergone an intensive process of mediatization that has transformed the media into an interpretative grid for many of its military activities and increasingly utilized media to... Read more



Introduction



1. The IDF, Israeli Society and the Media on the Eve of the 21st Century



2. Restrictive Media Policy, 2000-2002



3. Strategic Communications, 2002-2005







4. Mediatized Media Strategy, 2005



5. Spinning a War - The Second Lebanon War, 2006



6. Glocal Media Strategy, 2008-2014



7. Mediatizing the IDF

Biography

Michal Shavit is lecturer at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, Israel, and has a PhD in Social Science and Public Policy from Kings College London.