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Conflictual Mirrors of Partisanship

Tolooei Pooya, Pirooz LU (2025) MOSM03 20251
Centre for Middle Eastern Studies
Abstract
The purpose of this research was to explore the relationship between war and media in the context of the Israel-Hamas war, which broke out after Hamas attacked Israel on October 7th, 2023. The textual news content of two sources were selected for analysis, CNN, in the first three months of conflict, and IRNA, in the first week of conflict. An exploratory mixed methods research was devised for understanding themes and dominant narratives in media, including qualitative content analysis followed by quantitative content analysis. The analysis of CNN data resulted in 5 major categories, ‘Human Suffering’, ‘Policymakers’, ‘The Blame’, ‘Global Effects’ and ‘Escalation’. The categories were further divided into 19 subcategories and 8... (More)
The purpose of this research was to explore the relationship between war and media in the context of the Israel-Hamas war, which broke out after Hamas attacked Israel on October 7th, 2023. The textual news content of two sources were selected for analysis, CNN, in the first three months of conflict, and IRNA, in the first week of conflict. An exploratory mixed methods research was devised for understanding themes and dominant narratives in media, including qualitative content analysis followed by quantitative content analysis. The analysis of CNN data resulted in 5 major categories, ‘Human Suffering’, ‘Policymakers’, ‘The Blame’, ‘Global Effects’ and ‘Escalation’. The categories were further divided into 19 subcategories and 8 sub-branches. The analysis of IRNA data resulted in 7 categories, ‘Hamas the Liberator’, ‘Iran the Mediator’, ‘Israel the Aggressor’. ‘US Policy’, ‘Israel’s Defeat’ and ‘Pro-Palestine Public’, with no further subcategories. The results showed that CNN effect had not happened, despite extensive report on suffering from the onset of the conflict. The results also showed polarization both among policymakers and the
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author
Tolooei Pooya, Pirooz LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
Media Narratives of the Israel-Hamas War An Exploratory Mixed Methods Research
course
MOSM03 20251
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Israel-Hamas war, media, CNN effect, Exploratory Mixed Methods, Content Analysis, narrative.
language
English
id
9213574
date added to LUP
2025-10-14 10:41:57
date last changed
2025-10-14 10:41:57
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  abstract     = {{The purpose of this research was to explore the relationship between war and media in the context of the Israel-Hamas war, which broke out after Hamas attacked Israel on October 7th, 2023. The textual news content of two sources were selected for analysis, CNN, in the first three months of conflict, and IRNA, in the first week of conflict. An exploratory mixed methods research was devised for understanding themes and dominant narratives in media, including qualitative content analysis followed by quantitative content analysis. The analysis of CNN data resulted in 5 major categories, ‘Human Suffering’, ‘Policymakers’, ‘The Blame’, ‘Global Effects’ and ‘Escalation’. The categories were further divided into 19 subcategories and 8 sub-branches. The analysis of IRNA data resulted in 7 categories, ‘Hamas the Liberator’, ‘Iran the Mediator’, ‘Israel the Aggressor’. ‘US Policy’, ‘Israel’s Defeat’ and ‘Pro-Palestine Public’, with no further subcategories. The results showed that CNN effect had not happened, despite extensive report on suffering from the onset of the conflict. The results also showed polarization both among policymakers and the 
public.}},
  author       = {{Tolooei Pooya, Pirooz}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Conflictual Mirrors of Partisanship}},
  year         = {{2025}},
}