The American Community in Lebanon and the Palestine Problem: A Study in Changing Attitudes (ص 8)
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- The American Community in Lebanon and the Palestine Problem: A Study in Changing Attitudes (ص 8)
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American community thousands of miles away from its home,
and which is affected by conditions that differ from the con-
ditions which affect the people at home at the present time,
cannot be representative of the American people. But we do
claim, on the other hand, that to study a community like the
one we have is the best way to get a clear and exact idea
about the reaction to the information they receive of those who
are reached by our mass media. This study is not an infor-
mation material, but a basis for information-planning. It
does not study the Americans but it studies the extent of their
knowledge of us and of our information to them. If our
information service is ineffective among the Americans in
Lebanon, could it be effective in the U.S.? If it is difficult
for members of an American community, in the midst of the
Arab world, to comprehend or believe the ideas transmitted by
our information service, could it change the situation in the
U.S.? If the influence left by the traditional American enmity
to the Arab revolution (including the Palestinian revolution)
deprives some members of the American community in Leba-
non of the ability to see the facts, could those facts overcome
such influence in the U.S.?
‘We do not mean, by all those previous question marks, to
be pessimistic or to give ready-made judgements about the
effectiveness of Arab information about Palestine in the US.
No judgement can be given before we evaluate the effect of
Arab information, in recent years, on approximately five
hundred Americans who live in Lebanon. By putting some - هو جزء من
- The American Community in Lebanon and the Palestine Problem: A Study in Changing Attitudes
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- ديسمبر ١٩٦٩
- المنشئ
- Sirhan, Bassem
- سرحان، باسم
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