Analisis Framing Pemberitaan Konflik Israel-Palestina di Media Al-Jazeera Arabic dan CNN Arabic: Analisis Wacana Kritis
Nur Afifah Hamzah, Dr. Aprillia Firmonasari, S.S., M.Hum., DEA.
2025 | Tesis | S2 Linguistik
The discourse surrounding the Israel–Palestine conflict in international media is inseparable from the presence of ideological bias, expressed both explicitly and implicitly through linguistic strategies. This study aims to identify the patterns of media framing in reporting the conflict and to explain the underlying factors that shape the partisanship of Al Jazeera Arabic and CNN Arabic. The data consist of 90 news articles published by both media outlets throughout December 2024. Keyword identification and contextual analysis were conducted using the corpus tool AntConc, while the study employed Norman Fairclough’s Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) framework with a qualitative descriptive approach.
The findings reveal that Al Jazeera Arabic frames Gaza as a victim and Israel as an perpetrator through the frequent use of lexical items such as /Gazah/ ‘Gaza’, /al-ihtilal/ ‘occupation’, and /al-jaisyi al-‘isra’ili/ ‘Israeli military’. In contrast, CNN Arabic tends to represent the conflict within a framework that appears structurally unbiased, yet implicitly favors Israel through selective sourcing, passive voice constructions, and the avoidance of naming aggressors directly. These framing patterns reflect divergent ideological orientations, with Al Jazeera Arabic demonstrating a pro-Palestinian stance, while CNN Arabic shows a tendency to align with Israel.
The study identifies three key factors influencing media partisanship: institutional background, ideological positioning and geopolitical positioning, and demographics positioning. As a Qatar-based outlet, Al Jazeera Arabic conveys a narrative of resistance aligned with Palestinian solidarity, whereas CNN Arabic follows the editorial line of its global parent network, reflecting Western diplomatic and political interests. These findings affirm that language in media not only conveys information but also actively constructs social meaning and reinforces particular interests through the production and representation of discourse.
Kata Kunci : Framing media, keberpihakan, analisis wacana kritis, konflik Israel – Palestina, Al Jazeera Arabic, CNN Arabic