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A Critical Discourse Analysis of Contrasting Perspectives in Newspaper Coverage of the Israel-Palestine Conflict

İsrail-Filistin Çatışmasına İlişkin Gazete Haberlerindeki Karşıt Bakış Açılarının Eleştirel Söylem Analizi

Fatemeh Ghavidel Sedigh
Bilal Genç
Pages
353–371
Publication Date
2025-12-29
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The study aims to identify national and international attitudes toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and, therefore, contribute to the development of CDA by providing insight into how media outlets retell the same events from polar opposite perspectives.

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Objective & Hypothesis:This research takes discourses from both Palestinians and Israelis using commentaries in newspapers on the Israel-Palestine conflict, with a special focus on the Gaza conflict.
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Key Findings & Data:Through Wei Wang’s textual, intertextual, and contextual analysis methodology and within the framework of Critical Discourse Analysis, the current research studies the use of discourse in two leading papers, Israel Hayom and Al-Quds, during the period between May 2023 to January 2025, to frame the perception of the people of both societies.
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Conclusion & Impact:The study aims to identify national and international attitudes toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and, therefore, contribute to the development of CDA by providing insight into how media outlets retell the same events from polar opposite perspectives.
🔬Design:Araştırma Makalesi
📍Scope:2023 Verileri
⚙️Variables:Eleştirel Söylem Çözümlemesi · Gazze Savaşı · metin analizi

Abstract

This research takes discourses from both Palestinians and Israelis using commentaries in newspapers on the Israel-Palestine conflict, with a special focus on the Gaza conflict. Through Wei Wang’s textual, intertextual, and contextual analysis methodology and within the framework of Critical Discourse Analysis, the current research studies the use of discourse in two leading papers, Israel Hayom and Al-Quds, during the period between May 2023 to January 2025, to frame the perception of the people of both societies. The analysis explores linguistic choices, rhetorical strategies, and socio-political contexts to reveal the ideologies in these media representations. The study aims to identify national and international attitudes toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and, therefore, contribute to the development of CDA by providing insight into how media outlets retell the same events from polar opposite perspectives.

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Özellikle Gazze çatışmasına odaklanan bu araştırma, İsrail-Filistin çatışması üzerine gazetelerdeki yorumları kullanarak hem Filistinlilerin hem de İsraillilerin söylemlerini ele almaktadır. Wei Wang'ın metinsel, metinlerarası ve bağlamsal analiz metodolojisi ve Eleştirel Söylem Analizi çerçevesinde, mevcut araştırma, Mayıs 2023'ten Ocak 2025'e kadar, iki önemli gazetede yani Israel Hayom ve Al-Quds'ta, her iki toplumun insanlarının algısını tasvir etmede söylem kullanımının rolünü incelemektedir. Analizde, bu medya temsillerindeki ideolojileri ortaya çıkarmak için dilsel seçimler, retorik stratejiler ve sosyo-politik bağlamlar araştırılmıştır. Çalışmanın amacı, İsrail-Filistin çatışmasına yönelik ulusal ve uluslararası tutumları tespit etmek ve dolayısıyla medya kuruluşlarının aynı olayları nasıl tamamen zıt bakış açılarıyla yeniden anlattığına dair okuyucuya göstererek Eleştirel Söylem Analizi'nin gelişimine katkıda bulunmaktır.

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Sedigh, F. G., Genç, B. (2025). A Critical Discourse Analysis of Contrasting Perspectives in Newspaper Coverage of the Israel-Palestine Conflict. Anadolu Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, Cilt: 25 Sayı: 4, 353–371. https://doi.org/10.18037/ausbd.1666953

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