88. Name: Farah Fakhri Jallad Title: A Content Analysis of How Al Jazeera English and Arabic
Channels Framed the War on Gaza Institution: Arkansas State University Country: United States Date: 2011 Language: English Abstract:
The purpose of this study is to examine how Al Jazeera English and Al Jazeera Arabic satellite news channels framed the war on Gaza from December 27, 2008 to January 18, 2009. A total of 220 news stories were analyzed, with 110 stories from each channel. The research findings showed that the two channels follow the same trends in covering the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, often focusing on the Human disaster script and turning political conflict into a humanitarian crisis that requires support and immediate human intervention. However, the two channels differed significantly in the visual framing of the war. Al Jazeera Arabic did not shy away from showing graphic images. In contrast, Al Jazeera English presented human suffering without showing graphic images. The two channels succeeded in giving voice to the Palestinians, which western channels often failed to do. Although the two channels gave a platform for Israeli officials and military representatives as often as Palestinian government officials and military representatives, they still showed a slant toward Palestinians by largely focusing on Gaza citizens while Israeli citizens were almost absent from the news coverage.
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