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Critical discourse analysis of war reporting in the international press: the case of the Gaza war of 2008–2009

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  • Mohammedwesam Amer

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This paper employs critical discourse analysis (CDA) to analyse the representation of political social actors in media coverage of the Gaza war of 2008–2009. The paper examines texts of systematically chosen news stories from four international newspapers: ‘The Guardian, The Times London, The New York Times and The Washington Post’. The findings show substantial similarities in representation patterns among the four newspapers. More specifically, the selected newspapers foreground Israeli agency in achieving a ceasefire, whereby Israeli actors are predominantly assigned activated roles. By contrast, the four newspapers foreground Palestinian agency in refusing ceasefire through assigning activated roles. The findings of this study suggest that news reports on the Gaza war of 2008–2009 are influenced by the political orientations of the newspapers and also their liberal and conservative ideological stances. Overall, the most represented actors are Israeli governmental officials, whereas Palestinian actors are Hamas members. This representation draws an overall image that the war is being directed against Hamas.

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  • Mohammedwesam Amer, 2017. "Critical discourse analysis of war reporting in the international press: the case of the Gaza war of 2008–2009," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 3(1), pages 1-11, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palcom:v:3:y:2017:i:1:d:10.1057_s41599-017-0015-2
    DOI: 10.1057/s41599-017-0015-2
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