256. Name: Madison Fleck Title: User-generated Content as War and Peace Journalism in the Wake of Terror (Comparing CNN and Al Jazeera English) Institution: University of Missouri - Columbia Country: United States Date: 2018 Language: English Abstract This comparative study explores how global broadcast news networks with a large international audience incorporate user-generated content (UGC) in their news coverage. Theoretically, the study draws on framing theory to conduct a content analysis of a selected sample of news reports aired immediately following terrorist attacks. The study aims primarily to identify how news reports contribute to war/violence journalism or, alternatively, they contribute to peace journalism. The focus of this analysis is CNN and Al Jazeera English coverage of the 2017 Manchester Arena attack in the UK. Using peace journalism theoretical framework, as defined by Johan Galtung, the study concludes with a number of results. Among these findings is that, that while both CNN and Al Jazeera English channels are more likely to use war journalism frames when reporting on terrorism, there are a number of peace journalism frames also used. Further academic research in this specific area is required. Researchers should look at when war journalism is being used in breaking news scenarios so they can formulate guidelines of when war journalism is a more beneficial form of journalism than peace journalism.
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