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Challenging the Global Cultural Conflict Narrative: An Automated Content Analysis on How PerPetrator Identity Shapes Worldwide News Coverage of Islamist and Right-Wing Terror Attacks.
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International Journal of Press/Politics . Feb2023, p1. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Recent terrorist attacks such as the Christchurch mosque attacks in 2019 renew the discussion of whether right-wing attacks are reported less negatively than Islamist attacks. To clarify this point, our study is the first to combine the selection of media inside and outside the West with a distinction between Islamist and right-wing attacks. We compare coverage given to thirty-two right-wing and forty Islamist attacks from 2015 to 2019 in nine Western and eight non-Western English-language media outlets, tapping the differential use of the “terrorist/terrorism” label and textual sentiment. Both (many) Western and (some) non-Western media use this label more frequently in the coverage of Islamist attacks. Importantly, public diplomacy channels from non-Western countries such as <italic>China Daily</italic> and <italic>Sputnik</italic> also demonstrate this pattern. Delegitimizing Islamist attacks more than right-wing attacks thus cannot be explained as merely a Western phenomenon alone. We point to alternative explanations and call for greater standardization of coverage across Islamist and right-wing attacks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19401612
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Press/Politics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 162022243
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/19401612231157655