A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Selected Print Media on the Representation of Israel-Gaza War (2023-2024)

Abstract

The research aims at highlighting the discourse of war and peace journalism in the frontpage stories and articles produced by two newspapers e.g., Express Tribune (Pakistan) and New York Time (USA). The data for the study consists of front-page stories and articles from both of the newspapers. Applying the Discourse Historical Approach by Wodak and Mayer (2001), this study reveals that newspapers have used war discourse with the linguistic patters which intensify the situation in conflicted areas. The selected texts have been examined to evaluate the mentioned positions of Israel and Gaza (i.e. nomination, predication, argumentation, perspectivization, intensification and mitigation) by the newspapers. Nomination highlights the social actors involved in the ongoing situation in Israel and Gaza. Prediction unveils the actions with the help of metaphors and modifying adjectives. The news frames use positive and negative modifying adjectives accordingly. Perspectivation through the use modality, denials, narratives and stories. Lastly, intensification and mitigation through the use of rhetorical questions, hyperbole and nominalization.