Media framing of minorities’ crisis: a study on Aljazeera and BBC news coverage of the Rohingya
News nowadays is framed according to its makers. A single news item can be presented in different frames. The Rohingya are currently considered one of the most oppressed minorities worldwide. However, this minority did not receive enough support to alleviate their crisis. In this article framing...
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| author | Kanaker, Osama Abughazlih, Mohamed Oklah Mohd Faizal Kasmani, |
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| description | News nowadays is framed according to its makers. A single news item can be presented in different
frames. The Rohingya are currently considered one of the most oppressed minorities worldwide.
However, this minority did not receive enough support to alleviate their crisis. In this article framing
theory is implemented to discover the frames used by Aljazeera and BBC in framing the causes and
ramifications of the Rohingya crisis. This paper found out that news covered six main causes of the
Rohingya crisis. The prominent cause that both Aljazeera and BBC agreed upon was security and
military causes. 91.8% of the coverage was allocated to this prominent cause. The remaining 8.2% was
for the other causes. Concerning ramifications, it was found out that news of Aljazeera and BBC
collectively covered 20 ramifications. The majority of the ramifications were covered by both Aljazeera
and BBC. However, Aljazeera independently cover 17 ramifications and the BBC independently
covered only 10 ramifications. The main three ramifications that framed both Aljazeera and BBC news
were deportation, mass massacres and oppression. Throughout the news observation, both Aljazeera
and BBC framed their news by focusing on detailed incidents rather than establishing a holistic picture
of the crisis. The frames implemented by Aljazeera and BBC were mainly the powerlessness frame and
marginally the responsibility frame. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:160382021-01-20T06:01:24Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16038/ Media framing of minorities’ crisis: a study on Aljazeera and BBC news coverage of the Rohingya Kanaker, Osama Abughazlih, Mohamed Oklah Mohd Faizal Kasmani, News nowadays is framed according to its makers. A single news item can be presented in different frames. The Rohingya are currently considered one of the most oppressed minorities worldwide. However, this minority did not receive enough support to alleviate their crisis. In this article framing theory is implemented to discover the frames used by Aljazeera and BBC in framing the causes and ramifications of the Rohingya crisis. This paper found out that news covered six main causes of the Rohingya crisis. The prominent cause that both Aljazeera and BBC agreed upon was security and military causes. 91.8% of the coverage was allocated to this prominent cause. The remaining 8.2% was for the other causes. Concerning ramifications, it was found out that news of Aljazeera and BBC collectively covered 20 ramifications. The majority of the ramifications were covered by both Aljazeera and BBC. However, Aljazeera independently cover 17 ramifications and the BBC independently covered only 10 ramifications. The main three ramifications that framed both Aljazeera and BBC news were deportation, mass massacres and oppression. Throughout the news observation, both Aljazeera and BBC framed their news by focusing on detailed incidents rather than establishing a holistic picture of the crisis. The frames implemented by Aljazeera and BBC were mainly the powerlessness frame and marginally the responsibility frame. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2020 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16038/1/35215-129835-1-PB.pdf Kanaker, Osama and Abughazlih, Mohamed Oklah and Mohd Faizal Kasmani, (2020) Media framing of minorities’ crisis: a study on Aljazeera and BBC news coverage of the Rohingya. Jurnal Komunikasi ; Malaysian Journal of Communication, 36 (2). pp. 1-16. ISSN 0128-1496 https://ejournal.ukm.my/mjc/issue/view/1280 |
| spellingShingle | Kanaker, Osama Abughazlih, Mohamed Oklah Mohd Faizal Kasmani, Media framing of minorities’ crisis: a study on Aljazeera and BBC news coverage of the Rohingya |
| title | Media framing of minorities’ crisis: a study on Aljazeera and BBC news coverage of the Rohingya |
| title_full | Media framing of minorities’ crisis: a study on Aljazeera and BBC news coverage of the Rohingya |
| title_fullStr | Media framing of minorities’ crisis: a study on Aljazeera and BBC news coverage of the Rohingya |
| title_full_unstemmed | Media framing of minorities’ crisis: a study on Aljazeera and BBC news coverage of the Rohingya |
| title_short | Media framing of minorities’ crisis: a study on Aljazeera and BBC news coverage of the Rohingya |
| title_sort | media framing of minorities’ crisis: a study on aljazeera and bbc news coverage of the rohingya |
| url | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16038/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16038/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16038/1/35215-129835-1-PB.pdf |