Investigating the Role of Israeli Medias in the Reproduction of Zionism Racism Ideology

• Main Authors: Amir Rezaei Panah, Mohammad Hossein Hajilou
• Format: Article
• Language: fas
• Published: Allameh Tabataba'i University Press 2013-07-01
• Series: Faṣlnāmah-i Pizhūhish/hā-yi Rāhburdī-i Siyāsat
• Subjects: Language; Hidden Discourse; Mass media; Israel; Racism Ideology
• Online Access: http://qpss.atu.ac.ir/article_2262_af68953f380c078bd5d4c1ce2eba580b.pdf

Israel is based on the ethnical-religious foundations. The political thought and function in this regime is concentrated on racial supremacy. This subject is apparent in the framework of their hidden and obvious discourses. On the other hand, media is a powerful tool for transmitting data and meaning. It has a high capacity in forming thoughts and ideas of the audience. Israel is an ideological regime that uses mass media for spreading and dictating its political ideology, racial and ethnical superiority. The Israeli media have been continuously reproducing the hidden discourse that is concealed behind Israel's political ideology and the Zionism racism forms they propagate. Israel elites, in the process of identity-making of their citizens, use media to shape borders of these new identities. This article focuses on the aspects of the the relationship among language, discourse, ideological racism and media in the Zionist regime. through Teun A. Van Dijk and Norman Fairclough's approach.