186. Name: Lina Khoulani Title: ‘Tricksters’, ‘Victims’ and ‘Saviours’ in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict : A Discourse-mythological Analysis of Al Jazeera Online and the Palestinian Papers Institution: Newcastle University Country: United Kingdom Date: 2019 Language: English Abstract: In 2011 the “Palestine Papers” were leaked by Al Jazeera. The release of over 1600 secret documents provided a new insight into the negotiation processes of the Israeli/Palestinian peace talks. This thesis analyses Al Jazeera Arabic and English online coverage of the leaked papers from 23rd-31st January 2011. It examines how Al Jazeera used the leaks as a political tool in their coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. By scrutinizing the complex ideological roles of space and myth in the moral storytelling of news media, the thesis develops an understanding of how a news organization provides significant insight through its cultural and editorial values. A discourse-mythological (and multimodal) analysis examines the ideological contexts of news stories by showing how the revelations of the leaked papers were constructed through archetypal conventions of mythology. The thesis argues that Al Jazeera challenged the Palestinian Authority’s political status by criticizing their approach to the negotiations through discourses of nationalism, treachery, victimhood, and resistance. Al Jazeera also re-contextualized key political actors into spaces of ‘Self’ and ‘Other’ through archetypal forms of mythological storytelling, such as tricksters, victims, and saviors.
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