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Publication details [#50996]

Atawneh, Ahmad M. 2009. The discourse of war in the Middle East: Analysis of media reporting. Journal of Pragmatics 41 (2) : 263–278.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

appellative | conflict | language use | news reporting | threatening

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

Journal WWW

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Annotation

This paper analyzes global and local media war discourse during the second Palestinian Intifada (2001–2004), focusing on threats and appeals. As the more powerful party in the conflict, Israelis appear to use more threats, Palestinians conversely more appeals.