210. Name: Abdulsamad H. Sahly Title: Framing National Identity in Reflexive Modernity: A Content Analysis Examination of Global Online News Channels Framing of the Saudi Political, Economic, and Cultural Identity (A Comparison between Al Arabiya, Al Jazeera, RT, BBC, and CNN) Institution: Arizona State University Country: United States Date: 2021 Language: English Abstract: This study examines the ways in which global online news channels frame the Saudi transition to modernization, epitomizing Saudi Vision 2030. Guided by framing theory, the study explores how Al Arabiya, Al Jazeera, RT, BBC, and CNN online news channels positioned the Saudi identity (avowal and ascription), and framed its structure (indulgence, restraint, certainty, uncertainty, thriving governance, and doomed governance). The study utilized a mixed-method content analysis of 584 news articles that include 7846 paragraphs covering three years (April 25, 2016, to April 25, 2019). The study results indicated that global online news channels framed the Saudi cultural identity and political identity heterogeneously, but the Saudi economic identity was framed homogenously. The findings also revealed that the English online news channels positioned the Saudi cultural identity different from the Arabic online news channels. It also found that Al Jazeera Arabic framed the Saudi national identity across all contexts differently compared to Al Arabiya Arabic. The findings showed that uncertainty and restraint were used to frame the Saudi cultural and political identity, while human rights issues were the central theme for the framing process.
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