60. Name: Mohammed Abou Ramadan Title: A Framing Analysis of Al Jazeera’s Coverage of the Palestinian Fatah-Hamas Conflict Institution: San José State University Country: United States Date: 2009 Language: English Abstract: By utilizing framing and descriptive analysis, this study examines how an Arab media outlet, with an increasingly global reach, Al Jazeera, framed the Palestinian-Palestinian conflict. The 2006 Palestinian legislative elections and the 2007 fall-of-Gaza under the control of Hamas were two critical Palestinian events that warrant an examination of how coverage of these events was framed. 30 frames were found in Al Jazeera’s coverage and were categorized into seven major sets of frames. The civil war and politics sets of frames dominated Al Jazeera’s coverage of the fall-of-Gaza, and the elections and politics sets dominated its coverage of the elections. The study found that the channel’s presentation of the Palestinian news was neutral with significant favoritism to Hamas, especially in the fall-of-Gaza. The study also showed that Al Jazeera’s coverage of both events was heavily episodic. Two compositional elements, camera angle and proximity of subject to viewer, were analyzed, and Al Jazeera conveyed a sense of credibility and objectivity by using images that act as records of events. Visual elements were not used as framing devices that would result in favoritism towards Hamas.
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