Split vision : the portrayal of Arabs in the American media / edited by Edmund Ghareeb.

Includes bibliographical references.

Part I : 1975-77 -- Imbalance in the American media / Edmund Ghareeb -- Bias on American editorial pages / Hrold A. Piety -- A survey of political cartoons dealing with the Middle East / George H. Damon, Jr., with the assistance of Laurence D. Michalak -- Part II : 1979-82 -- A renewed look at American coverage of the Arabs : towards a better understanding? / Edmund Ghareeb -- In the middle of the Middle East : the media and U.S. foreign policy / Patricia A. Karl -- Media myths of the Middle East : the U.S. press on the war in Lebanon / Mary C. McDavid -- Images of the Middle East in contemporary fiction / Janice Terry -- The image of the Arab on American television / Jack G. Shaheen -- The effect of American perceptions of Arabs on Middle East issues / Michael W. Suleiman -- Arab stereotyping in contemporary American political cartoons / G. Neal Lendenmann -- The American image in the Arab mass media / Adnan Abu Odeh -- Image formation and textbooks / Ayad Al-Qazzaz -- The treatment of Arabs in U.S. social studies textbooks / Samir Ahmad Jarrar -- Canadian mass media and the Middle East / Christopher Naylor.