Bad News from Israel: Television News and People’s Understanding of Events

Lecture by Mike Berry

Time: 5.30-6.30pm

Date: Friday, 15 December, 2006

Venue: Fox Lecture Theatre, UWA

Mike Berry’s research interests are focused around the question of how the mass media affects public knowledge and understanding of social and political issues. Particular areas of interest are war/peace reporting, political communication, reception theory and public understanding of foreign policy, international development and climate change. His research is especially concerned in examining the social, political, economic and cultural contexts in which messages are produced and received. His recent publications include Bad News from Israel, and Israel Palestine: Contested Histories. He is currently writing a book examining the framing of terrorist threats in national elections campaigns in Russia, the United States and Britain.

Mike Berry recently gave a paper at the Journalist and Islam conference held at Macquarie University, 7-8 December, 2006. 

All are welcome to this free lecture.