ABSTRACT The longstanding Palestinian–Israeli conflict sees considerable attention worldwide and despite continuing downsizing, prominent international news organisations and agencies continue to maintain bureaus in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. This enables news outlets beyond the region, who lack the resources to produce original reporting, to provide their audiences with coverage of this distant conflict. Concerns have been raised about the dependence on such material, however. Using the 2014 Gaza war as a case study, this article examines news production practices in the South African context. The research involved a quantitative content analysis of news output during the war by prominent English print outlets in the country. This was supplemented with interviews with locally based media professionals. Despite relying entirely on international news material, the different outlets employed a variety of innovative strategies to localise the war for their readerships. It is these practices which demonstrate resilience in the face of significant challenges facing the commercial media in the country. The study contributes to enhancing scholarship on news production relating to the broader Israeli–Palestinian conflict in non-Western contexts. In addition, it provides important insights with respect to news production in South Africa related to this and other distant political disputes.

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南非新闻对2014年加沙战争的报道进行本地化

摘要长期以来的巴以冲突在世界范围内引起了相当大的关注，尽管规模不断缩小，但著名的国际新闻组织和机构继续在以色列和巴勒斯坦被占领土维持办事处。这使缺乏资源来制作原始报道的该地区以外的新闻机构能够向受众提供有关这一遥远冲突的报道。但是，人们对这种材料的依赖性提出了担忧。本文以2014年加沙战争为例，考察了南非背景下的新闻制作手法。该研究涉及该国著名的英语印刷媒体对战争期间新闻输出的定量内容分析。此外，还对本地媒体专业人士进行了采访。尽管完全依靠国际新闻材料，但不同的媒体采用了各种创新策略来为他们的读者定位战争的本地化。正是这些做法在面对该国商业媒体面临的重大挑战时显示了韧性。该研究有助于提高有关非西方背景下以巴冲突的新闻制作的学术性。此外，它提供了有关南非与这一新闻和其他遥远的政治争端有关的新闻制作的重要见解。正是这些做法在面对该国商业媒体面临的重大挑战时显示了韧性。该研究有助于提高有关非西方背景下以巴冲突的新闻制作的学术性。此外，它提供了有关南非与这一新闻和其他遥远的政治争端有关的新闻制作的重要见解。正是这些做法在面对该国商业媒体面临的重大挑战时显示了韧性。该研究有助于提高有关非西方背景下以巴冲突的新闻制作的学术性。此外，它提供了有关南非与这一新闻和其他遥远的政治争端有关的新闻制作的重要见解。