French Research Center in Jerusalem – Department of Communication, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tel Aviv University With the support of the Herzog Institute for Media, Politics & Society, and the participation of the ADARR research group, Porter Institute, at Tel Aviv University
THE DYNAMICS OF IMAGES IN THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT Monday November 7, at the French Research Center in Jerusalem, 3 Shimshon St., Bakaa (http://crfj.tmpds113.haisoft.net/pdf/plan_de_situation_du_CRFJ.pdf ) Tuesday November 8, at Tel Aviv University, Hall 004, Ground Floor, Naftali Building, entrance at gates 5 or 4 (http://www2.tau.ac.il/map/unimaple1.asp)
Academic or not, much work about the media and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict focuses on media content (especially news), in a static manner: researchers count/analyze words, sentences, articles, pictures. And most of the time, their aim is ultimately, political: to demonstrate that this article/newspaper/journalist/country is pro or anti (Palestinian/Israeli). In this conference, our aim is to go beyond this static/political approach and to analyze the way media representations are moving all the time, are produced, discussed, appropriated within a complex network of actors, and often in unpredictable manners. We have invited historians, discourse analysis, sociologists but also journalists, film makers, bloggers, both people who analyze different media and people who work inside and around the media, in order to understand the part representations play before judging them.
Jérôme Bourdon (Tel Aviv University) & Frédérique Schillo (French Research Center in Jerusalem)
NOVEMBER 7, 2011, French Research Center in Jerusalem
9:00-9:30 Registration and coffee
9:30-10:00 Opening Greetings
Dr. Olivier Tourny , Director of the French Research Center in Jerusalem
Prof. Jérôme Bourdon , Communication Department, Tel Aviv University
1 10:00-11:30 Session 1: General Perspectives
Moderator : Dr. Frédérique Schillo (French Research Center in Jerusalem)
Prof. Jérôme Bourdon (Tel Aviv University): A historical overview
Mr. Marius Schattner (AFP): On the lasting power of words
Prof. Christine Leuenberger (Cornell University): Mapping Israel/Palestine: Constructing National Territories across Different International Newspapers
Dr. Jonathan Rynhold (Director of Argov Center, Bar Ilan University): Framing the Conflict: Narratives in the West
11:30-11:45 Coffee break
11:45-13:15 Session 2: Communication Policies and Strategies
Moderator: Dr. Tamar Ashuri (Ben Gurion University of the Negev)
Mr. Qassem Khatib (Correspondent, MBC)
Prof. Tamir Sheafer (Hebrew University of Jerusalem): Mediated Public Diplomacy
Dr. Meron Medzini (Hebrew University of Jerusalem; ex head of GPO): A Testimony
13:15-14:30 Lunch at the French Research Center
14:30-16:00 Session 3: Discourse analysis and beyond
Moderator : Dr. Limor Shifman (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Prof. Roselyne Koren (Bar Ilan University, ADARR research group): Beyond neutrality and\or political commitment: the ethical commitment of the discourse analyst
Dr. Daniel Dor (Department of Communication, Tel Aviv University): Politics, ideology and discourse analysis: the Israeli coverage of the conflict
Dr. Zohar Kampf (Hebrew University of Jerusalem): Rituals of Apology in the Israeli- Palestinian Conflict
16:00-16:30 Coffee break
2 16:30 – 17:45 Session 4: The Intellectuals and the Conflict
Moderator : Prof. Benjamin Balint (Bard College, Al-Quds University)
Prof. Ilan Greilsammer (Bar Ilan University): New Historians and Political Commitment
Prof. Cyril Aslanov (Hebrew University of Jerusalem): Is there a Right-wing Alternative to the Left-wing Bohemianism?
18:15 Transportation from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv
20:00 Dinner for conference participants in Tel Aviv
NOVEMBER 8, 2011, Tel Aviv University
9:00-9:30 Coffee
9: 30 Greetings
Mr. Olivier Rubinstein , Cultural Attaché, French Embassy
9:45-11:30 Session 5: Can research be relevant to journalists?
Moderator : Dr. Galia Yanoshevsky (Bar Ilan University, ADARR research group)
Prof. Wilhelm Kempf (University of Konstanz): Peace Journalism, the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, the German Press and the German Public
Ms. Gisela Dachs (Correspondent , Die Zeit and Department of Communication, Tel Aviv University)
Prof. Leon Barkho (Jönköping University, Sweden): Comparing Al Jazeera-English, BBC World and CNN
Ms. Mariam Daher (Al Jazeera English) (to be confirmed)
11:30-11:45 Coffee break
3 11:45-13:30 Session 6: Images beyond news media
Moderator : Dr. Raphael Zagury-Orly (Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design)
Dr. Yael Munk (Open University of Israel): “Breaking the Silence”: reflections on Israeli soldiers’ guilt and responsibility
Dr. Ariel Schweitzer (Tel Aviv University and University of Paris-8): Between Aesthetics and Politics: The Reception of Israeli Cinema in France Mr. Tal Morse (London School of Economics): Post Mortem: Death images, inclusion and exclusion in Israeli Media
Mr. Michel Kichka : political cartoons
13:30-14:45 Lunch at Tel Aviv University
14:45-16:30 Session 7: Blogs, Social Media, Media Monitoring: the conflict in/on the net
Moderator : Dr. Elad Segev (Tel Aviv University)
Mr. Avi Issacharoff (Mess Report, Haaretz )
Ms. Delphine Matthieussant (Correspondent in Jerusalem for the daily Libération )
Mr. Noam Sheizaf (journalist, blogs at 972mag.com )
Dr. Rebecca L. Stein (Duke University): The Arab-Israeli Conflict on YouTube
16:30-16:45 Coffee break
16:45-18:00 Session 8: The involved spectator
Moderator : Prof. Jérôme Bourdon (Tel Aviv University)
Ms. Avirama Golan (Haaretz ). Author of: Espoir d'un printemps israélien : à une amie palestinienne , Gaalade, 2010. (Hope for an Israeli Spring: Letter to a Palestinian Friend )
Ms. Annette Lévy-Willard (Libération ). Author of: Trente-trois jours en été. Chronique d'une guerre surprise/Summer Rain , Robert Laffont/Psychology News Press, 2007.
Mr. Gideon Levy (Haaretz ). Author of: The Punishment of Gaza , Verso, 2010.
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