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Justification and Condemnation: Media Framing of Violence in the Israel-Palestine Conflict

Nystedt, Matilda LU (2024) STVK12 20241
Department of Political Science
Abstract
The Israel-Palestine conflict reached a critical juncture with the horrible attack by Hamas on Israel on October 7, 2023, triggering a devastating invasion by Israel into the Gaza Strip. This escalation catapulted the conflict into a global focus, intensifying calls for a ceasefire amidst mounting Israeli violence. Against this backdrop, this paper aims to analyze media framing of violence in conflicts involving a state and non-state actor, using The New York Times coverage of the Israel-Palestine conflict as a case study. The study is rooted in framing theory
and critical terrorism theory. It operates on the premise that since 9/11, states have utilized a counter-terrorism narrative to legitimize violence against non-state actors. This... (More)
The Israel-Palestine conflict reached a critical juncture with the horrible attack by Hamas on Israel on October 7, 2023, triggering a devastating invasion by Israel into the Gaza Strip. This escalation catapulted the conflict into a global focus, intensifying calls for a ceasefire amidst mounting Israeli violence. Against this backdrop, this paper aims to analyze media framing of violence in conflicts involving a state and non-state actor, using The New York Times coverage of the Israel-Palestine conflict as a case study. The study is rooted in framing theory
and critical terrorism theory. It operates on the premise that since 9/11, states have utilized a counter-terrorism narrative to legitimize violence against non-state actors. This paper examines the extent to which Western media contributes to perpetuating this counterterrorism frame thus assessing its persistence, and whether shifts in political discourse influence the use of the disproportionality frame in condemning state violence. The findings indicate that Western media consistently justifies state violence as counterterrorism, thereby reinforcing
the state's narrative. However, a disproportionality frame that condemns state violence is utilized more frequently. Non-state violence is consistently condemned without exceptions for justification. (Less)
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author
Nystedt, Matilda LU
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organization
course
STVK12 20241
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Israel-Palestine, Hamas, Framing theory, Media, Violence
language
English
id
9152769
date added to LUP
2024-07-18 13:53:32
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2024-07-18 13:53:32
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  abstract     = {{The Israel-Palestine conflict reached a critical juncture with the horrible attack by Hamas on Israel on October 7, 2023, triggering a devastating invasion by Israel into the Gaza Strip. This escalation catapulted the conflict into a global focus, intensifying calls for a ceasefire amidst mounting Israeli violence. Against this backdrop, this paper aims to analyze media framing of violence in conflicts involving a state and non-state actor, using The New York Times coverage of the Israel-Palestine conflict as a case study. The study is rooted in framing theory
and critical terrorism theory. It operates on the premise that since 9/11, states have utilized a counter-terrorism narrative to legitimize violence against non-state actors. This paper examines the extent to which Western media contributes to perpetuating this counterterrorism frame thus assessing its persistence, and whether shifts in political discourse influence the use of the disproportionality frame in condemning state violence. The findings indicate that Western media consistently justifies state violence as counterterrorism, thereby reinforcing
the state's narrative. However, a disproportionality frame that condemns state violence is utilized more frequently. Non-state violence is consistently condemned without exceptions for justification.}},
  author       = {{Nystedt, Matilda}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Justification and Condemnation: Media Framing of Violence in the Israel-Palestine Conflict}},
  year         = {{2024}},
}