Amerikansk mainstream-medias bild av Goldstonerapportens effekt och verkan : en undersökning av New York Times och Washington Post
(2014) MRSG20 20132Human Rights Studies
- Abstract
- This thesis analyzes, from a media framing perspective, the American main stream media's framing of the Goldstone Report. Media have played a significant roll in influencing both the public and policymakers, particularly when it comes to foreign issues where the media often is the primary source of information. The effect media has on U.S. foreign policy is a known fact, though to which extent is widely debated. The Goldstone Report was the product of a fact finding mission on the Gaza conflict 2008-2009, also called Operation Cast Lead, who investigated alleged war crimes committed by Israel and Hamas during the conflict. The conclusion of the report accused both Israel and Hamas of war crimes. The report was scrutinized in the media and... (More)
- This thesis analyzes, from a media framing perspective, the American main stream media's framing of the Goldstone Report. Media have played a significant roll in influencing both the public and policymakers, particularly when it comes to foreign issues where the media often is the primary source of information. The effect media has on U.S. foreign policy is a known fact, though to which extent is widely debated. The Goldstone Report was the product of a fact finding mission on the Gaza conflict 2008-2009, also called Operation Cast Lead, who investigated alleged war crimes committed by Israel and Hamas during the conflict. The conclusion of the report accused both Israel and Hamas of war crimes. The report was scrutinized in the media and received both positive and negative reviews. Richard Goldstone himself, the chair of the fact finding mission and a South African Jew, was excoriated as an enemy to the state of Israel. The object of my analysis is articles from New York Times and Washington Post and what the convey. (Less)
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- author
- Aldridge, Alice LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- MRSG20 20132
- year
- 2014
- type
- L2 - 2nd term paper (old degree order)
- subject
- keywords
- Washington Post, New York Times, Goldstone report, Media framing, Mänskliga rättigheter, Human rights
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 4238402
- date added to LUP
- 2014-03-10 09:57:58
- date last changed
- 2014-09-04 08:27:40
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