ABSTRACT
Having shown that media framings of the conflict construct an “us and them,” in which the other side is depersonalized, dehumanized, sometimes demonized, does it not follow that television viewers would see the conflict through the same frame? The obvious answer is that if the viewers’ view of the conflict is mediated by television they should see the conflict through an even more tightly sealed frame than do the journalists. As most viewers see the conflict only on their living-room screen they are indeed captives of the powerful, redundant, pictures constructed for them, and do not have a chance to face the more open and ambiguous reality which journalists and camerapersons face in the field.
