Item – Theses Canada

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OCLC number
1019465730
Link(s) to full text
LAC copy
Author
Jennings, Michelle.
Title
Israeli-Palestinian Spiral : compliance and Silence of Political Opinions in the Canadian Print Media.
Degree
M.A. -- University of Ottawa, 2011
Publisher
Ottawa : Library and Archives Canada = Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, 2013.
Description
1 online resource
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Abstract
<?Pub Inc> The news media serve as the Canadian public's main source of information about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This thesis examines the ways in which the Canadian media portray the conflict, through a lens of Habermas' (1962) public sphere theory, Foucault's (1926 - 1984) ideas on discourse, and Rawls' (1921 - 2002) conceptions of equality and justice. Building on these theories, Noelle-Neumann's Spiral of Silence theory (1974), Said's Orientalism (1978), and d'Arcy's (1913 - 1983) conception of the right to communicate are examined to arrive at a framework for analyzing Canadian news. Looking at ideological representations, power manifestations, issue framing, and social responsibility within the media, this thesis explores whether the Canadian media portray the conflict in such a way that fosters a downward spiral of opinions within the Canadian public. A Critical Discourse Analysis of coverage in two national English Canadian newspapers, 'The Globe and Mail' and the 'National Post,' during three separate timeframes of increased violence in Israel and Palestine between 2000 and 2009 reveals that newspaper representations of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are often entrenched in predefined ways of portraying the Other, fostering an Israeli-Palestinian spiral of silence in Canadian media.
ISBN
9780494869758
0494869755
9780494869758