“Tell Me Who You Are and I’ll Tell You What You Are”: Postcolonial Theory and Representations and Perceptions of Ethnic Minority Groups. The Case of Mizrahim and Israeli Arabs on Israeli Television

This theoretical article shows the benefits of using postcolonial theory in research of presentations and perceptions of ethnic minority groups on television. It introduces postcolonial theory and applies it to two minority ethnic groups in Israel: The Mizrahim and Israeli Arabs, analyzing their rep...

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Published in:The Journal of communication inquiry Vol. 49; no. 3; pp. 312 - 331
Main Author: Katz, Nissim
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.07.2025
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects:
Arab people
Ethnic groups
Ethnicity
Minority & ethnic groups
Minority groups
Perceptions
Postcolonialism
Psychological theories
Representations
Television
Theory
perceptions
Mizrahim
television
ethnic groups
postcolonial theory
Israel
representations
Israeli Arabs
media boundary situations
ISSN:0196-8599, 1552-4612
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Summary:This theoretical article shows the benefits of using postcolonial theory in research of presentations and perceptions of ethnic minority groups on television. It introduces postcolonial theory and applies it to two minority ethnic groups in Israel: The Mizrahim and Israeli Arabs, analyzing their representations on mainstream Israeli television shows. This article also offers using a psychological theory called “media boundary situation” in order to discover perceptions of ethnic minority groups based on research of Mizrahim and Israeli-Arabs. The article assesses how postcolonial theory can be used to attain a better understating the unique representations of an ethnic groups and to develop an understanding of the perceptions of them.
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ISSN:0196-8599
1552-4612
DOI:10.1177/01968599231177783