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Radio Okapi online newspapers: Between media framing, conflict and peacebuilding Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-09-15 Delphin Rukumbuzi Ntanyoma
United Nations Peacekeeping Operations (UNPKOs) have incorporated a Public Information (PI) component to communicate with the public. This component has shifted from public outreach towards media reports on current events, including violent incidents. Few studies have assessed the contribution of the PI components of UN-led media. This article assesses the framing of Radio Okapi (RO) online newspaper
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Personalized, war and peace journalism on Twitter: The Russo-Ukrainian War through the lens of political journalists Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-09-14 Nina Fabiola Schumacher, Kristin Shi-Kupfer, Christian Nuernbergk
This study compares communication patterns of German political journalists with correspondents assigned in covering Russia/Ukraine regarding the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War discourse on Twitter (now X). During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Twitter has been an important platform for (European) politicians, journalists and other stakeholders to share their views on the war. In general, journalists
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‘Journalism in another form’: How exile experiences from Burundi renegotiate key elements of journalism Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-09-02 Louisa Esther, Richard H Thomas
Since the renewed outbreak of the ongoing crisis in Burundi in May 2015, triggering a media crackdown, over one-third of the country’s reporters have gone into exile. They therefore joined an increasing number of journalists worldwide who are forced into exile. Between 2015 and 2021, many of the exiled Burundian journalists continued reporting for newly founded exile media in neighbouring Rwanda. Before
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Framing the 2013 Westgate Mall attack: A comparative study of Kenyan and US media perspectives Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-08-30 Osman Osman
This article explores the diverse media framing of the 2013 Westgate Mall attack presented by Kenyan and US newspapers. The author reveals how national contexts and cultural values shape news narratives by analyzing 242 articles from Kenya’s Daily Nation and Standard and the US’s New York Times and Washington Post. The findings show that Kenyan and US newspapers predominantly employed episodic frames
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Performing terror, communicating fear: Analysing terrorism as performance of violence Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-08-30 Mercy Ette
This study conceptualizes terrorist acts as performance of violence. It concentrates on how Jama’atu Ahlis Sunnah Lida’awati Wal Jihad, a transnational terrorist group commonly known as Boko Haram, stages dramatic spectacles to generate public fear and anxiety by deploying the news media to publicize its activities. Predicated on a conceptual framework consisting of performance theory, news media–terrorism
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The US press and foreign policy information, cueing, and the democratic process in the Syrian conflict Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-08-26 Mehrnaz Khanjani
There were three chemical attacks on Syrian civilians in 2013, 2017, and 2018. In 2013, President Obama proposed military action and it was rejected by Congress. President Trump ordered two airstrikes in 2017 and 2018, without congressional authorization. Investigating news reports and statements issued by the members of the House and Senate show that there were major criticisms among US officials
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In the digital trenches: Mapping the structure and evolution of the Islamic State’s information ecosystem (2023–2024) Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-08-24 Miron Lakomy
Based on open-source intelligence, social network analysis and comparative analysis, this study discusses the structure, evolution and most important features of the pro-Islamic State (IS) information ecosystem on the surface web between July 2023 and March 2024. It proves that the core of its propaganda distribution network is surprisingly centralized around three stand-alone domains, including one
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The effects of the war in Ukraine on the environment of Ukrainian artists: An evaluation by a diagnostic survey Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-08-15 Józef Ober, Serhii Rusakov, Tetiana Matusevych
The 2022 invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation has triggered many socioeconomic changes, not only in the countries directly affected by the hostilities but also in the global economy. It should be noted that there has been considerable academic interest in various aspects of international security and stability. This study seeks to address the lacuna in research by evaluating the effects of
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Exploring the psycho-social wellbeing of journalists in Kashmir within the context of neoliberalism Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-08-08 Dilnaz Boga
Journalists from India-administered Kashmir have endured the psycho-social brunt of living in a militarized zone. Restrictions imposed on the media by the governing class in a neoliberal milieu function to regulate the narrative on the conflict with the help of agenda setting. This analysis identifies themes of direct, indirect and structural violence, and shows how psychological symptoms such as anxiety
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Kosovo’s path to Jerusalem: Orientalist political communication and the free world discourse Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-08-04 Denijal Jegić
This article proposes that the Kosovar political communication toward Israel exemplifies Kosovo’s positioning as a proxy for the US, and highlights the significance and simultaneous absence of Palestine in the meaning-making of Kosovo’s political identity and its place in the world. Through an analysis of Kosovo’s recent political communication toward Israel, the author suggests that the Kosovar political
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A fragile narrative: Transformations and consistency in the Russian representation of the war in Ukraine Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-26 Intigam Mamedov
In February 2022, Russia began a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The relevant narrative articulated by Vladimir Putin presented it as a short-term mission of military professionals. However, as the war continued, the situation at the front required complicated decisions that the initial narrative was not able to cover. This article analyses the core transformations of the Russian narrative on the war
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Digitally witnessable war from pereklychka to propaganda: Unfolding Telegram communication during Russia’s war in Ukraine Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-26 Miglė Bareikytė, Mykola Makhortykh
The witnessing of wars is being transformed by digital platforms. In this article, the authors empirically investigate and develop the novel approach to the study of witnessing, in particular the non-institutionalized form of inconspicuous digital witnessing which thrives in platform communities in the context of Russia’s war in Ukraine. By empirically examining communication practices on Telegram
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A cog in a wheel? Journalism under pressure during coups d’état in Burkina Faso Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-26 Marie Fierens, Emma Heywood, Lassané Yaméogo
This article explores how the (attempted) coups and popular uprising that occurred in Burkina Faso between October 2014 and January 2022 have impacted the professional boundaries of journalism. These events are considered crucial in understanding the complex and ongoing interactions between political actors and the media, and contribute to a better understanding of the broader reality of journalism’s
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Moral framing in Ukraine war coverage Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-26 John H Parmelee, Nataliya Roman, Berrin Beasley
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
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Book Review: Curtis D Carbonell, World War Two Simulated: Digital Games and Reconfigurations of the Past Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-31 Conway Waddington
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A comparative analysis of strategic narratives and persuasive language techniques within Iranian and US news media: The study of the joint comprehensive plan of action Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-21 Kelli Norton, Asya Cooley
This study aims to contribute to the understanding of strategic narrative theory and persuasive language techniques in the Middle Eastern context, particularly focusing on the utilization of these aspects in discussions related to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). The research employs both quantitative and qualitative methods to analyze how the JCPOA was depicted in news media from the
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Mobile phone activism during Israel’s ‘Operation Guardian of the Wall’ in Gaza Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-04 Ali M Abushbak, Tawseef Majeed, Krishna Sankar Kusuma
The 11-day war in May 2021 between Israel and Palestine (Gaza) is worth investigating as a phenomenon of recording war testimonies and memories by civilian mobile phone users. This article explores mobile phone usage by Palestinian civilians to record and document everyday war narratives. The users document, archive and disseminate diverse war memories on various social media platforms. Semi-structured
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Adapting Nord Stream 2: How Russia adapts strategic narratives to English-speaking Polish and German audiences Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-04 Christiern Santos Okholm
Despite extensive scrutiny of how Russia has weaponized information, little work has been done on how it takes different audiences into account when designing its strategic narratives. Although scholars and practitioners agree on the importance of fitting narratives to audiences, the fact that Russia builds knowledge on audiences and that its practices are informed by a Soviet legacy of information
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Keyword-assisted topic models reveal the dynamics in the main media frames of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (2011–2022) Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-02 Salsabil M Abdalbaki
Framing is a central concept during times of dispute because it can escalate the dispute or push it toward cooperation. Contributing to the automatic identification of frames in conflict studies, this article aims at examining the dynamics of the main media frames emphasized by Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. These frames represent the factors of power and hydro-hegemony
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The visual representation of Ukrainian and Afghan refugees in the Spanish press Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-27 Antonio Prieto-Andrés, Cayetano Fernández, Alma López-Avilés
The public’s understanding of the situation of refugees largely depends on how they are represented by the media. This article analyses this representation by studying photographs that appear in four mainstream Spanish newspapers of varied political orientation, comparing two paradigmatic examples: that of Afghan refugees versus Ukrainian refugees. The objective of this analysis is to determine the
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Digital witnesses to the crime: Visual representation of the Bucha massacre across social media platforms Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Bartosz Hamarowski, Maria Lompe
This article investigates the role of social media platforms in the visual representation of the Bucha massacre perpetrated by Russian forces during the aggression against Ukraine in 2022. By considering the interconnectedness of the online and offline spheres, the authors explore the impact of social media on the coverage of the massacre. The study focuses on a comprehensive analysis of 6,185 images
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Citizen journalism for social mobilization in war-affected Tigray Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Hagos Nigussie, Gebru Kiflu
This article examines the use of citizen journalism for social mobilization in war-affected Tigray. A mixed approach was used, involving individual interviews, focus group discussions and a quantitative content analysis. The results revealed that citizen journalists provided information for community members to unite, support each other and make informed decisions. This was valuable for women and girls
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The moderate rebel industry: Spaces of Western public–private civil society and propaganda warfare in the Syrian civil war Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Ben Arthur Thomason
This article documents a covert propaganda and civil society operation perpetrated by a consortium of Western governments, private contractors, and NGOs to justify and facilitate regime change in Syria by whitewashing and assisting rebel groups. Using leaked documents from key government contractors, corroborated with journalistic, academic, NGO, and government research already released, the author
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Representation of the fall of Kabul in Pakistani and Afghan media Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-30 Amir Hamza Marwan, Madeeha Naz
The fall of Kabul signified the termination of the democratically elected government in Afghanistan and reinstated the Taliban as the prevailing authority in the country. The ascension of the Taliban in Afghanistan holds significant importance considering the profound suffering experienced by both Afghanistan and Pakistan. This study looks at how well-known Pakistani and Afghan television channels
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‘The EndSARS movement is an umbrella for other challenges’: Assessing Nigeria’s EndSARS protest through the theoretical lens of intersectionality Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Silas Udenze, Antoni Roig Telo, Fernanda Pires
This article analyses the underlying and immediate triggers of Nigeria’s EndSARS protest and their interconnectedness. Leveraging Braun and Clark’s reflexive thematic analysis of interviews with 11 participants along with the ethnographic approach, the authors constructed a broader theme termed ‘EndSARS – An Umbrella’. They identify three primary themes (youth unemployment, endemic public sector corruption/poor
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Book Review: The New American War Film Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Christopher McMahon
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Book Review: Rethinking Warfare in the 21st Century: The Influence and Effects of the Politics, Information and Communication Mix Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Ryan Shaffer
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Smartphone resilience: ICT in Ukrainian civic response to the Russian full-scale invasion Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Kateryna Zarembo, Michèle Knodt, Jannis Kachel
In modern warfare, digitalization has blurred the line where civilian ends and military begins. Embedded in the participative warfare theoretical paradigm, this article looks into how the information and communication technologies (ICT) enable civic resilience under the conditions of the foreign armed aggression. Specifically, the authors explore how smartphones and smartphone applications empowered
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When the media goes to war: How Russian news media defend the country’s image during the conflict with Ukraine Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Nhung Nguyen, Pamela Peters, Hechen Ding, Hong Tien Vu
Using the country image repair framework, this study analyzed two opinion columns in major Russian state-controlled media outlets with content related to the Russian–Ukraine conflict, Russia Today (RT) and Sputnik, from 24 February 2022 to 20 May 2022. A thematic content analysis was used to examine 60 articles by RT and 70 articles on Sputnik. Results from the analysis determined that the five strategies
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Effectiveness of art therapy in reducing post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms and the propensity to quit journalism among journalists covering banditry activities in Nigeria Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-01-27 Felix Olajide Talabi, Joshua Kayode Okunade, Joseph Moyinoluwa Talabi, Ishola Kamorudeen Lamidi, Samson Adedapo Bello, Blessing Chinweobo-Onoha, Gever Verlumun Celestine
The goal of this study was to examine the efficacy of art therapy in the treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and the propensity to quit journalism among Nigerian journalists covering banditry attacks. The researchers utilized a quasi-experiment as the design for the study and sampled 327 journalists. The result of the study showed that at baseline, journalists reported high PTSD symptoms
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The female jihadist narrative: a comparative analysis Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-01-27 Maria Isabel Garcia García
The research analyses the representation that different jihadist organizations make of women through their official propaganda. The aim is to analyse the construction of the feminine ideal designed by Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), ISIS and Jabhat Al-Nusra through their leading magazines and to identify if there are differences in their representation of women. A content analysis is carried
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Analysis of coverage of the 11 March 2004 Madrid train bombings in Spain’s El País and El Diario Vasco through war and peace journalism frames Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Melissa R Meade, Richard Pineda
This study examines the way in which two major Spanish newspapers, El País and El Diario Vasco, framed the 11 March 2004 (11-M) Madrid train bombings through peace journalism or war journalism, based on Peace Studies theorist Johan Galtung’s classification. An analysis of the news articles in the immediate aftermath of the bombings finds both frames present. The incumbent Spanish government initially
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Investigating responses to US drone strikes in Yemen using Twitter data Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Evan Weiss, Violet Ross, Alex Lyford
As part of the War on Terror, the US conducted at least 378 air and drone strikes in Yemen from 2002 to 2023. While primarily targeting members of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), these strikes have killed over 1,000 people, including more than 125 civilians. This research aims to understand the broader societal impact of US military action as shown on Twitter, now known as ‘X’. The authors
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Utility of Repetitive Nerve Stimulation in the Diagnosis of Myasthenia Gravis in the Inpatient Setting Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2023-05-10 Katherine M Clifford, Connie K Wu, David Post, Ruba Shaik, Srikanth Muppidi
ObjectivesSensitivity and specificity of Repetitive Nerve Stimulation (RNS) is typically reported from outpatient centers, and we hypothesized that these values might not apply to hospitalized pati...
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Asian American Men’s Gendered Racial Socialization and Fragmented Masculinity: Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2023-05-10 Brian TaeHyuk Keum, Lydia HaRim Ahn, Andrew Young Choi, Adil Choudhry, Mary Nguyen, Gintare M. Meizys, Annalisa Chu, Maynard Hearns
We investigated the messages, ideals, and critical experiences that constitute gendered racial socialization for Asian American men (AAM) throughout their development. We employed interpretive phen...
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Making Sense of Husserlian Phenomenological Philosophy in Empirical Research Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2023-05-10 Ebenezer Cudjoe
Phenomenological philosophy is esoteric. Therefore, it is not surprising that most empirical studies adopting a phenomenological approach do not acknowledge or engage with key phenomenological conc...
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Jonathan Edwards’s Affective Anthropology Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2023-05-10 Kyle Strobel
Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758) is often utilized in modern philosophical and psychological research as the theologian of affect. While affection is, undoubtedly, at the heart of his theological enter...
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Examining the dual role among adolescent mothers of pre-tertiary school students in Ghana Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2023-05-10 Issahaku Alhassan, Abiba Asoma, Hilda Ofori Donkoh
The study set out to give an in-depth analysis of the experiences of adolescent student mothers studying at the pre-tertiary level. Specifically, it examined how they balance caring for the baby wh...
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Extensive viewing as additional input for foreign language vocabulary learning: A longitudinal study in secondary school Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2023-05-10 Ferran Gesa, Imma Miralpeix
This study presents a teaching intervention to maximize the learning of a set of target words (TW) in learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) in a secondary school by means of intentional v...
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US news media’s framing of the ‘North Korean crisis’ under the Trump administration: The new ideological foreign affairs paradigm Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2023-04-26 Brett Labbe, SangHee Park
On 11 February 2017, North Korea launched its first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test of the Trump administration. Over the ensuing year the North Korean government continued to defy i...
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War on frames: Text mining of conflict in Russian and Ukrainian news agency coverage on Telegram during the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2023-04-20 Grzegorz Ptaszek, Bohdan Yuskiv, Sergii Khomych
This article discusses the results of verbal framing analysis of the conflict in news published on Telegram channels by the Russian news agency RIA Novosti (RIAN) and the Ukrainian news agency (UNI...
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Open-source intelligence and research on online terrorist communication: Identifying ethical and security dilemmas Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2023-04-05 Miron Lakomy
This article explores key ethical and security challenges related to exploitation of open-source intelligence (OSINT) in research on online terrorist propaganda. In order to reach this objective, t...
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Peace is possible: The role of strategic narratives in peacebuilding Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2023-03-28 Tiffany Fairey
In Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), scholars and practitioners often cite the lack of shared narrative as a primary challenge to long-term peace. A study of the multi-ethnic, collaborative story-telli...
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Popular media, war propaganda and retroactive continuity: The construction of the enemy in Marvel comics (1942–1981) Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2023-02-14 Antonio Pineda, Jesús Jiménez-Varea
The construction of the enemy is a technique whose potential effects are of outmost consequence for the relationships between the media, war and propaganda. In World War II, in addition to the offi...
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Media framing of the Intifada of the Knives Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2023-01-28 Dalia Attar, Gretchen King
Research examining coverage of Western media on the Palestinian–Israeli conflict shows an imbalance in reporting the news and favoritism towards an Israeli government interpretation of the story. T...
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Finding peace journalism: An analysis of Pakistani media discourse on Afghan refugees and their forced repatriation from Pakistan Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2023-01-28 Ayesha Jehangir
This study investigates media coverage of Afghan refugees by English-language media in Pakistan and explores how coverage is shaped by a shift in the political stance of the Pakistani state and est...
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De-enemizing the enemy in the contemporary truce film Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2022-12-22 Marzena Sokołowska-Paryż
The author’s interest resides in war films which re-humanize the enemy so as to question the militaristic philosophy and politics of a given military conflict. Her discussion focuses on the truce f...
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The Ocular Politics of Targeting: Disembodiment and the Perpetrator Gaze in the War on Terror Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2022-11-08 Jessica Auchter
This article analyses the politics of seeing as a way to examine the elision of civilian casualty in the War on Terror. The author particularly focuses on the ambiguities and paradoxes at play in t...
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Damsels in distress: Fragile masculinity in digital war Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2022-10-18 Elizaveta Gaufman
The Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 was a culmination of anti-Ukrainian rhetoric that Russian political elite and state-controlled media have been promoting at least sinc...
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The War on Terror beyond the barrel of a gun: The procedural rhetorics of the boardgame Labyrinth Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2022-08-05 Thomas Ambrosio, Jonathan Ross
Utilizing Bogost’s procedural rhetoric framework in his book Persuasive Games, this article examines Labyrinth, a boardgame that simulates the conflict between the United States and global terroris...
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The Kosovo war and the Washington Post: Bombings and alignments Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2022-07-29 Astrid A Fleischer
This article explores the alignments on the Kosovo war during the spring of 1999 in the Washington Post newspaper. How did the Washington Post represent the events during Operation Allied Force, NA...
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Corrigendum to “Book review: British Media and the Rwandan Genocide” Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2022-07-23
John Nathaniel Clarke. British Media and the Rwandan Genocide. Reviewed by: Catherine Bond. Media, War & Conflict. February 2022. DOI: 10.1177/17506352211073201
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‘We may have bad days . . . that doesn’t make us killers’: How military veterans perceive contemporary British media representations of military and post-military life Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2022-07-21 Katy Parry, Jenna Pitchford-Hyde
Over the last two decades of long wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the media’s attention on military veterans in the UK has been characterized by a series of shifts: from a focus on combat operations;...
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Death’s common sense: Casualty counts in war reportage from Syria and beyond Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2022-06-20 Isaac Blacksin
In distilling war to the amount of bodily harms it causes, war becomes measurable, comparable, and intelligible in its journalistic depiction. Yet the self-evidence of casualty counts mystifies bot...
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Exploring the use of #MyAnglophoneCrisisStory on Twitter to understand the impacts of the Cameroon Anglophone Crisis Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2022-06-20 Soomin Lee, Lynn Cockburn, Julius T. Nganji
Since October 2016, Cameroon has been involved in a violent conflict known as the Anglophone Crisis. This study examines the impact of the hashtag #MyAnglophoneCrisisStory on Twitter in capturing a...
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Ringing true? The persuasiveness of Russian strategic narratives Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2022-06-11 Charlotte Wagnsson, Magnus Lundström
International Relations (IR) scholars have theorized the significance of communication and messaging across state borders, using notions such as soft power, sharp power, propaganda and illiberal co...
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‘No difference between journalism and suicide’: Challenges for journalists covering conflict in Balochistan Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2022-06-08 Sidra Agha, Márton Demeter
The safety of journalists reporting from conflict zones is a complex issue as they are exposed to a variety of challenges on a daily basis. This research aims to identify those multi-dimensional ch...
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The platformization of military communication: The digital strategy of the Israel Defense Forces on Twitter Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2022-06-07 Alessandra Massa, Giuseppe Anzera
Platforms are conditioning the way public communication is conducted while presenting themselves as neutral connectors. Social media logic encompasses norms, strategies, mechanisms and economies ac...
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Media reverberations on the ‘red line’: Syria, metaphor and narrative in news media Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2022-03-24 Federica Ferrari
This study uses a CADS (Corpus Assisted Discourse Studies) approach to identify a series of axes around which degrees of persuasion can be mapped in debates about international affairs. The author ...
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Multilingual public diplomacy: Strategic communication of Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) in Twitter during Operation Guardian of the Walls Media, War & Conflict (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2022-03-09 José Manuel Moreno-Mercado, Adolfo Calatrava-García
Operation Guardian of the Walls was the most serious military conflict between the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) and Palestinian armed groups since 2014. This article aims to explore the Organized Persuasive Communication (OPC) made by IDF, in English, Spanish and French, during the 11 days of the escalation of the war. For this purpose, it has resorted to techniques typical of computational science