The impact of third-party communications on the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations

Authors
Citation
I. Maoz, The impact of third-party communications on the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, HARV I J PR, 4(3), 1999, pp. 11-25
Citations number
35
Categorie Soggetti
Politucal Science & public Administration
Journal title
HARVARD INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRESS-POLITICS
ISSN journal
1081180X → ACNP
Volume
4
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
11 - 25
Database
ISI
SICI code
1081-180X(199922)4:3<11:TIOTCO>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
This research studies the effect of news coverage on third-party interventi ons in negotiations. In the political context of the post-Oslo era in the I sraeli-Palestinian negotiations, it examines the influence of U.S. appeals, reported in the local Israeli press, that called on the Israelis to make c oncessions. Previous research regarding the reactive devaluation bias (Ross 1995) led to the hypothesis that a positive effect of the third-party comm unicator will occur:An appeal for Israeli concessions from an American sour ce should elicit more favorable attitudes among Israeli Jews compared to th e same appeal from a Palestinian communicator. In addition, I hypothesized that in line with tendencies found in regard to the reactive devaluation bi as (I. Maoz et at. in preparation), the magnitude of the positive effect of the third-party communicator will depend on the recipients' political affi liation and will vary for hawks and for doves. These hypotheses are examine d, using an experimental design of the communicator's identity (American ve rsus Palestinian) by the recipient's political affiliation (hawks versus do ves). The findings support the research hypotheses.