Framing the Flotilla: Newsmaking, Image Crises and the Kishon Dives Investigative Report

Oren Meyers, Asaf Rozen

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Abstract

The article explores the journalistic coverage of the public crisis that developed following the publication of Yediot Aharonot's investigative report about the diving practices of Israel's sea commandos in the polluted Kishon River. The coverage of the Kishon diving crisis is probed via two complementing research trajectories. The first trajectory looks at the construction of the newsworthiness of the Kishon diving crisis in comparison to two similar crises while addressing the interpretations provided by various involved factors. The second trajectory explores the various frames through which the Kishon diving crises were narrated. The article's concluding section discusses the complex interrelations between newsworthiness and framing.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)108-132
Number of pages25
JournalCommunication Monographs
Volume81
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2014

Keywords

  • Framing
  • Image crises
  • Israel
  • Journalism
  • Newsworthiness

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Communication
  • Language and Linguistics

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