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International Review of Humanities Studies

International Review of Humanities Studies

Abstract

The attacks on October 7th, 2023 sparked a new wave of escalation between Israel and Palestine with global news coverage. Though there is coverage on both sides, many are calling out the Western news media for being biased in their reports. This paper explores the diction used by Deutsche Welle (DW) when reporting Palestine and Israel from December 1st to December 8th, 2023. The paper will use the Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) theory by Norman Fairclough to process the data using a qualitative approach. The study aims to examine whether the diction used by DW journalists in their reports reflects DW’s stance of being impartial. The findings show that although DW tries its best to seem impartial, its reports are still heavily influenced by Germany’s stance in supporting Israel.

Bahasa Abstract

Serangan yang terjadi pada 7 Oktober 2023 menandakan eskalasi baru antara Israel dan Palestina. Walaupun berbagai kanal berita telah meliput kedua sisi, banyak yang mengecam media berita Barat karena bias dalam liputan mereka . Artikel ini meneliti diksi yang digunakan oleh Deutsche Welle (DW) untuk memberitakan Palestina dan Israel dari tanggal 1 sampai 8 Desember, 2023. Artikel ini akan menggunakan Analisis Wacana Kritis (AWK) oleh Norman Fairclough untuk memproses data dengan pendekatan kualitatif. Studi ini bertujuan untuk melihat bagaimana diksi yang digunakan DW merefleksikan netralitas DW. Temuan dalam artikel ini menunjukkan bahwa meskipun DW berusaha sebaik mungkin untuk terlihat tidak memihak, laporan-laporannya masih sangat dipengaruhi oleh sikap Jerman dalam mendukung Israel.

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