"A Saudi-led coalition of states initiated an on-going-armed conflict in Yemen on 26 March 2015. Meanwhile, Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022. Though no two armed conflicts are exactly alike, there is reason to compare US media coverage of the two because: (1) civilians have been victims of
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both conflicts; (2) both conflicts have undermined food security; (3) the US has provided military support to a party to each of the conflicts; and (4) the conflict in Yemen is in the Global South whereas the conflict in Ukraine is in the Global North. This article comparatively analyses US media coverage of the conflicts in Yemen and Ukraine, via New York Times headlines, by documenting the number of stories and their placement; assessing the types of media frames used; reviewing headlines for attribution of responsibility; and conducting a content analysis to identify the descriptive and normative terminology used. We find extensive biases in coverage and framing, rooted in peripheralism, culturalism and differential geopolitical US positioning. This results in reduced coverage of the war in Yemen, shielded in neutral language and lacking responsibility attribution—serving to devalue the suffering of victims and condemning the crisis to be functionally forgotten." (Abstract)
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"This volume presents a range of information and analysis on the difficult relationship between the West and the Islamic world. It examines how the Western media has interpreted and misinterpreted Islam, the Arab world and the countries of the contemporary Middle East." (Publisher description)
"Current research on the Arab image in U.S. media tends to be strictly contemporary, linked to Israel and the Middle East conflict. This research, however, begins in 1917 with the downfall of Ottoman control and ends in 1948 with the creation of Israel. By means of a content analysis of the New York
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Times it shows how the image changed from a romantic one, fostered by the Arabian Nights and reinforced by the early movie industry, to the present more realistic portrayal." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 306)
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"Beginning with the 1975-76 television season and continuing for eight years, Shaheen, an American of Arabic descent, documented over 100 different popular entertainment programs, cartoons and major documentaries telecast on network, independent and public channels, totaling nearly 200 episodes, tha
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t related to Arabs. He concludes that TV in its various genre perpetrates four basic myths: they are all fabulously rich; they are barbaric and uncultured; they are sex maniacs with a penchant for white slavery; and they revel in acts of terrorism." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 780)
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"Eight previously unpublished studies which examine patterns of coverage and summarize attitudinal findings. The first chapter is a summary of content findings in later chapters, with more detailed discussion of coverage of Afghanistan and Iran; the next five chapters center upon Israel and Arab nat
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ions; the two final chapters deal with the coverage of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan and the big news story of 1980 - the seizure of American hostages by Iran. References follow each chapter. Short subject index and a name index." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 470)
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