This study focuses on how Israeli Arab citizens perceive their media representations on Israeli television and why they consume television broadcasts even though they are marked mostly by negative representations. A new concept – “Communication Boundary Situation” – a development of Jaspers’ “Boundary Situation” theory, is the theoretical framework for the article. The empirical data was collected by conducting semi-structured in-depth interviews. The findings point to different attitudes among the interviewees towards their representation in various television genres, in particular, in advertising as compared to satire and drama. The suggested theoretical framework and its empirical implementation might be useful in examining how various minorities perceive their media representations in other countries.

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观看少数民族的电视转播和自我认同：以色列阿拉伯公民在以色列电视台上对媒体代表的看法

这项研究的重点是以色列阿拉伯公民如何看待他们在以色列电视上的媒体代表以及为什么他们消费电视广播，即使他们大多以负面代表为标志。本文的理论框架是一个新概念“通信边界情况”，这是贾斯珀斯“边界情况”理论的发展。通过进行半结构化的深度访谈收集了经验数据。调查结果表明，受访者对于他们在各种电视类型中的代表，尤其是在广告中的表现，与讽刺和戏剧相比，存在不同的态度。所建议的理论框架及其经验实施方法可能有助于检查各种少数民族如何看待他们在其他国家的媒体代表。