Moral framing in Ukraine war coverage

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ID7918779
AuthorsJohn H Parmelee (0000-0003-2668-5258, University of North Florida, corresponding author), Nataliya Roman (0000-0003-0856-2131, University of North Florida), Berrin Beasley (0009-0007-9955-9654, University of North Florida)
Year2025
Volume18
Issue3
Pages366-382
Publication date2025-09-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMedia War & Conflict (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1750-6352 • E-ISSN: 1750-6360
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/17506352241264197
OpenAlexW4401036153
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited23

To understand how coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is being packaged and presented to an international audience, this mixed methods study examines differences in moral framing of the war by English-language international broadcasters in Ukraine, Russia, the UK, and the US. A computational content analysis based on Moral Foundations Theory found the dominant moral domain and sentiment for each article ( N = 935) during the first year of the war, and a qualitative frame analysis shows how framing in the coverage used the moral domains and sentiment to promote a ‘causal interpretation, moral evaluation, and/or treatment recommendation’ (Entman, Framing: Toward clarification of a fractured paradigm, 1993: 52) for those involved in the conflict

Framing (construction · Media studies · Political science · Sociology · History · Misinformation and Its Impacts · Psychology · Public Relations and Crisis Communication · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology

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