Death is in the eye of the beholder

A study of casualty count framing in the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict

Bibliographic Data

ID12918686
AuthorsAyelet Malinsky (Walsh University, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume8
Issue3
Pages491-502
Publication date2015-09-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCritical Studies on Terrorism (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1753-9161 • E-ISSN: 1753-9153
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17539153.2015.1096653
OpenAlexW2193344005
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited20

The 2014 Israel–Gaza war was the third of a string of conflicts to erupt between the State of Israel and Hamas in neighbouring Gaza and quickly became the deadliest for both sides. Even with the extensive media attention this crisis received, calls for more objective reporting were widespread, as locating sources that were not clearly influenced or reflective of political biases seemed near impossible. This paper seeks to explore the role “cultural proximity” plays in informing casualty count reporting in times of conflict. Qualitative content analysis is conducted on news coverage of the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict in the American daily newspaper, The New York Times, and the Israeli daily newspaper, Haaretz, to assess whether significant differences exist in the way casualty figures are addressed across varying degrees of political and cultural involvement. This research reveals that variations in casualty count reporting do indeed exist across cultural and national contexts, and deems this subject worthy of further research

Arab–Israeli conflict · Criminology · Framing (construction · Iraq war · Media coverage · Media studies · Newspaper · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Terrorism · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence

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