A clash-of-civilizations prism in German media? Documenting a shift from political to religious framing of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict

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ID13019756
AuthorsEsther Lopatin (Reichman University), Tal Samuel-Azran (0000-0002-9501-2949, Reichman University, corresponding author), Y Galily (0000-0001-5308-5675, Reichman University)
Year2017
Volume2
Issue1
Pages19-34
Publication date2017-02-13
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCommunication and the Public (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2057-0473 • E-ISSN: 2057-0481
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/2057047316689795
OpenAlexW2588075851
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited21

The impact of political events on media’s conflict coverage prism is widely established. To assess the role of mounting tensions between Muslims and non-Muslims in Europe in 2013–2014 on German media’s coverage prism of Muslim-related conflicts, this article compares coverage of the 2008 and 2014 Israeli military operations in Gaza by three major German newspapers. The empirical analysis indicates a dramatic rise in the use of religious terms in 2014, most notably in conservative newspaper Die Welt, and offers evidence of a shift from politics-centered framing of the 2008 Gaza operation to a more religious-centered framing of the 2014 Gaza War. We discuss wider implications of the findings, including their support for the relevance of the clash-of-civilizations theory to contemporary media’s conflict coverage modus operandi

Framing (construction · German · Media coverage · Media studies · Newspaper · Political science · Politics · Prism · Sociology · History · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence

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