Bøger af Akiba A. Cohen

In analyzing the mobile phone as it is contextualized in Israeli society, two opposing social forces can clearly be seen: on the one hand, the mobile is an expression of late modernity and globalization; but on the other hand it is recruited as a tool - as well as a symbol - for the expression of locality and patriotic sentiments.

Presents a study that examines two minority groups in Israeli society: Russian immigrant who arrived as a ""returning Diaspora,"" and the Arab citizens of Israel. This study focuses on: the content of the media; the way the minority members use domestic and global media in a multimedia and multilingual environment; and the patterns of media usage.

The intifada, which began in December 1987, has become one of the longest running confrontations within the broad context of the Israeli-Arab conflict. Rather, it is about communication and the intifada: what people have been saying, thinking, and writing about the conflict and about the messages being produced by the mass media.