Table of Contents

1 Introduction 2 Propaganda Definitions and Techniques 3 Ethnography and Journalism Culture 4 Overview of the Arab/Israeli Conflict 5 The Media in Lebanon 6 Tele Liban Coverage, April 1996: grapes of unity facing grapes of wrath 7 Liberation Media: Hezbollah & Al Manar, 1997-2000 Reflection: Achieving Liberation Propaganda Bibliography Notes Index

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Author identifies the characteristics of 'liberation propaganda' through the coverage and experience of the two Lebanese TV stations Tele Liban and Al Manar within the historical, cultural, organisational and religious contexts in which they operated, and how these elements shaped their professional practice and their news values.

About the Author

Zahera Harb is a Lebanese journalist and academic. She teaches media studies for the Department of Culture, Film and Media at Nottingham University. She has more than ten years' experience as a journalist in Lebanon, working for Lebanese and international media organisations. She started as a news reporter and distinguished herself in the coverage of war operations in the battleA eld in south Lebanon. She is a member of the consultancy team of Thomson Foundation, UK, conducting media training for Arab journalists in and outside the Arab World. She is also a review editor for 'Journal of Media Practice'.