The impact of political context on news coverage

Covering Qatar in the Israeli press

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12904735
AutoresMoran Yarchi (0000-0002-8044-2145, Reichman University, autor de correspondencia), Tal Samuel-Azran (0000-0002-9501-2949, Reichman University), Y Galily (0000-0001-5308-5675, Reichman University), Ilan Tamir (0000-0002-8619-9393, Ariel University)
Año2017
Volumen12
Número1
Páginas19-29
Fecha de publicación2017-07-13
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaMedia War & Conflict (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1750-6352 • E-ISSN: 1750-6360
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1750635217711202
OpenAlexW2743674580
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas16

Political environment is an important factor in news coverage, both in terms of the news items selected (the amount of coverage) and the tone of the coverage. Through an analysis of news coverage of Qatar in the Israeli press, the current study examines the impact of the political circumstances and the contextual cues in news stories on the framing of foreign news. The analysis includes 1,199 articles appearing in the mainstream online Israeli press in two time frames: summer 2013 and summer 2014 (during the war in Gaza). Findings indicate that, although both the circumstances and the contextual cues had a significant impact on the tone of coverage towards Qatar in the Israeli press, while controlling for the contextual cues in the news stories, coverage of Qatar did not change significantly during the war, which indicates that the framing process is less influenced by the immediate political circumstances than the political cues appearing in the coverage

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