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Just Coverage and the Path to Peace: Reporting Operation Protective Edge in Haaretz, BBC Online, and The New York Times

Weisman, Chad M.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou148353082855729

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2017, Master of Science (MS), Ohio University, Journalism (Communication).
This thesis pertains to media coverage of Israel/Palestine, with emphasis on The New York Times, Israeli publication Haaretz, and BBC Online’s coverage of the conflict in Gaza during the Summer of 2014. The thesis quantitatively delves into the material being studied, utilizing measures of bias, as well as indicators of peace journalism to accomplish the objective of thoroughly analyzing the 351 news stories sampled from the three publications at hand. The study employs eleven variables, six pertaining to news bias and five operationalized indicators of peace journalism. The thesis will argue that peace journalism is a partial yet powerful remedy for biased coverage. Although it is considered to be a form of advocacy journalism, it can, when translated onto the pages of conventional news outlets, shed objective light on even the direst and most intractable shades of conflict. The study found that The New York Times and BBC Online favored Palestinians in headlines and photographs, likely due to the dramatic devastation wrought upon Gaza. Haaretz was found to be more evenhanded, likely due to its market of Israelis and Jews throughout the world. BBC Online and Haaretz both relied heavily on official (military and government) sources, while The New York Times relied on experts. Measures of peace journalism were varied among the variables being analyzed.
Michael Sweeney, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Bernhard Debatin, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Jatin Srivastava, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
108 p.
Journalism
Peace Journalism; War Journalism; Press Nationalism; Media Ethics; Cosmopolitanism; Cosmopolitan Journalism; Media Coverage of Israeli-Palestinian Conflict; Operation Protective Edge; Media Coverage of Gaza Strip; Media coverage of 2014 war in Gaza

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  • Weisman, C. M. (2017). Just Coverage and the Path to Peace: Reporting Operation Protective Edge in Haaretz, BBC Online, and The New York Times [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou148353082855729

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Weisman, Chad. Just Coverage and the Path to Peace: Reporting Operation Protective Edge in Haaretz, BBC Online, and The New York Times. 2017. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou148353082855729.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Weisman, Chad. "Just Coverage and the Path to Peace: Reporting Operation Protective Edge in Haaretz, BBC Online, and The New York Times." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou148353082855729

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