Emotiveness, neutrality, and ideology in newspaper coverage of the 2009 Gaza War
Dissertant
Abu Mualish, Rabab Taha Muhammad
Thesis advisor
Comitee Members
Nawfal, Khalil
al-Haj, Sulayman
al-Rifai, Kazim
University
Philadelphia University
Faculty
Faculty of Arts
Department
Department of English Language and Literature
University Country
Jordan
Degree
Master
Degree Date
2011
English Abstract
-This study was conducted for the purpose of showing the role of ideological stance in determining the writer's/speaker's lexical and semantic choices in interpreting the event of shelling Gaza by the Israeli forces.
For this purpose a number of Arabic newspapers which dealt with the event were selected and analyzed in terms of emotiveness, neutrality and ideological thought patterns.
The analysis was based mainly on Halliday's (1983) theory of transitivity and Leech's (1985) views of the role of thematisation in reflecting the speaker's/ writer's perspectives of the world of discourse.
The analysis showed two different perspectives and therefore, different interpretations of the event.
The Arabic texts adopted, on the whole, a stance expressive of historical and religious background.
They take sides with the Gazans and consider them victims of an aggressive war, brutal and unjustified.
This appears at both the semantic and syntactic choices that show in the texts.
The English texts, on the other hand, take sides, with the Israelis and place all the blame on the Palestinians who threaten the Israeli citizens with their rockets.
They consider the Israeli invasion against Gaza a justified response and an acceptable reaction.
This also shows in the semantic and syntactic choices which serve the purposes of the writers.
Main Subjects
Languages & Comparative Literature
Topics
No. of Pages
91
Table of Contents
Table of contents.
Abstract.
Abstract in Arabic.
Chapter One : Theoretical background.
Chapter Two : Review of related literature.
Chapter Three : Methods.
Chapter Four : Analysis and discussion.
Chapter Five : Conclusion.
References.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Abu Mualish, Rabab Taha Muhammad. (2011). Emotiveness, neutrality, and ideology in newspaper coverage of the 2009 Gaza War. (Master's theses Theses and Dissertations Master). Philadelphia University, Jordan
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-546318
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Abu Mualish, Rabab Taha Muhammad. Emotiveness, neutrality, and ideology in newspaper coverage of the 2009 Gaza War. (Master's theses Theses and Dissertations Master). Philadelphia University. (2011).
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-546318
American Medical Association (AMA)
Abu Mualish, Rabab Taha Muhammad. (2011). Emotiveness, neutrality, and ideology in newspaper coverage of the 2009 Gaza War. (Master's theses Theses and Dissertations Master). Philadelphia University, Jordan
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-546318
Language
English
Data Type
Arab Theses
Record ID
BIM-546318
