After much consideration (and many ideas), I have decided to do my final project on the media presentation of the conflict with an emphasis on film - film used in news reports and film used for feature films.
I plan to research mechanisms used by media and film to influence perception specifically with relation to the Israel/Palestinian conflict and then find examples.
To find examples, I watched Peace, Propaganda, and the Promised Land, then using references of media representation from the film, am searching youtube for the actual footage. I am watching feature films - one which is a collaboration by Arabs, Americans, and Jews, Ajami, one by a Palestinian director, Paradise Now, one by an Israeli director, Looking for the Lost Voices, and two American films, Miral (pro-Palestinian) and Munich (pro-Israel) to find examples as well.
The end product will be a presentation which uses examples from news and feature films to show how media presentation is meant to influence public perception of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.
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