Promoting Justices: Media Coverage of Judicial Nominations in Israel

<p>This paper compares the framing of the coverage of judicial appointments in Israel in 2008 in two newspapers with nomination news from preceding years and to the patterns of press coverage in the U.S. A content analysis of 101 Supreme Court nomination articles indicated that unlike the poli...

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Main Authors: Bryna Bogoch, Yifat Holzman-Gazit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law 2014-10-01
Series:Oñati Socio-Legal Series
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Online Access:http://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/331
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Summary:<p>This paper compares the framing of the coverage of judicial appointments in Israel in 2008 in two newspapers with nomination news from preceding years and to the patterns of press coverage in the U.S. A content analysis of 101 Supreme Court nomination articles indicated that unlike the political frame of American coverage, the press in Israel preserves its ostensible commitment to the professionalism of judges while linking the Supreme Court to political maneuvering in the selection of candidates. These findings are discussed within the context of the media's role in constructing judicial nominations as a debate about the role of the Supreme Court in Israeli society.</p> <hr /><p>Este art&iacute;culo compara el marco de la cobertura de los nombramientos judiciales en Israel en 2008 en dos peri&oacute;dicos, con noticias de nombramientos de a&ntilde;os anteriores y en los Estados Unidos, con los patrones de cobertura de prensa en los EE.UU. Un an&aacute;lisis de contenido de 101 art&iacute;culos de nombramientos de la Corte Suprema indic&oacute; que, a diferencia del marco pol&iacute;tico de la cobertura de Am&eacute;rica, la prensa en Israel consierva su aparente compromiso con la profesionalidad de los jueces, a pesar de que relaciona la Corte Suprema con maniobras pol&iacute;ticas en la selecci&oacute;n de candidatos. Estos resultados se discuten en el contexto del papel de los medios de comunicaci&oacute;n en la construcci&oacute;n de los nombramientos judiciales como un debate sobre el papel de la Corte Suprema en la sociedad israel&iacute;.</p> <p><strong>DOWNLOAD THIS PAPER FROM SSRN</strong>: <a href="http://ssrn.com/abstract=2478756" target="_blank">http://ssrn.com/abstract=2478756 </a></p>
ISSN:2079-5971