Thesis
Bias: Al Jazeera America, CNN, and the U.S. response(s) to the Ghouta attacks
Washington State University
Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
2017
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/102181
Abstract
Al Jazeera America (AJAM), an American media outlet active from 2013 to 2016, was from its inception criticized for potential bias. The current study examines whether AJAM was indeed biased, using CNN as a mainstream standard for comparison and employing a comparative rhetorical framing analysis to search both sources' coverage of the U.S. response(s) to the 2013 chemical weapons attacks in Ghouta, Syria. Findings include pro-U.S. (that is, pro-U.S. Department of State) bias from CNN and a spectrum of pro-U.S. bias, neutral coverage, and anti-U.S. bias from AJAM. In addition, this study examines AJAM as a domestic media source demonstrating counter-hegemonic tendencies and thus offers a test of one of the foundational aspects of framing theory, media hegemony.
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Details
- Title
- Bias
- Creators
- Sabrina Zearott
- Contributors
- Porismita Borah (Chair)Douglas Blanks Hindman (Committee Member)Jeffery C Peterson (Committee Member) - Washington State University, Journalism and Media Production, Department of
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Edward R. Murrow College of Communication
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; [Pullman, Washington] :
- Identifiers
- 99900525062801842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis