Framing conflict – the Cold War and after

Reflections from an old hack

Bibliographic Data

ID7511323
AuthorsKeith Somerville (0000-0001-9768-6894, University of Kent, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume10
Issue1
Pages48-58
Publication date2017-03-26
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMedia War & Conflict (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1750-6352 • E-ISSN: 1750-6360
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1750635217698336
OpenAlexW2598538497
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited6

The media – whether mainstream press, broadcasting and online services or social media – is still a major source of news about conflicts for the majority of people. They rely on the media to tell them what is going on in the world, select what is important or relevant and exclude the items that are deemed unimportant or unintelligible. The media uses forms of representation and framing to simplify and provide recognized depictions of distant countries, peoples and wars. These are part of the basic operating procedures of media organizations. But do they conceal or exclude more than they explain and do they give an accurate picture of the causes and combatants? Based on 40 years of monitoring, reporting and putting together news programmes on conflicts across the globe, the author seeks to analyse how framing works and the distortions in understanding that it leads to. The author gives his perspective on the five decades of conflict in Angola and the way framing has changed but done little to inform or educate

Cold war · Framing (construction · Globe · Mainstream · Media studies · News media · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social media · Sociology · History · Law · Media Influence and Politics · Media Studies and Communication · Psychology · Social Media and Politics

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