Critical Discourse Analysis in News Media Between the Guardian and Al Arabiya News Website in Israel-Palestine Conflict

Fahnarul Damayanti, Agustinus Hary Setyawan

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Nowadays, conflict between two nations become a hot topic worldwide. Israel-Palestine conflict is one of that. On 7th October 2023, Hamas attacked Israel and become a headline in every news media. Currently, media has important role to give information to people around the world. This research using Critical Discourse Analysis. The data was taken from The Guardian and Al Arabiya news website in October 2023 edition. This research uses descriptive qualitative research design. The data were analyses using Van Dijk’s approach focusing on macrostructure, microstructure, and the ideology between two news media. The findings show that both news media talk about Hamas attacked Israel. Israel was portrayed positively as victim and Hamas was portrayed negatively as a threat. It shows that The Guardian and Al Arabiya are more pro-Israel than Palestine. The researcher suggests to do more deeply between The Guardian and Al Arabiya.

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Critical Discourse Analysis

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25157/jall.v9i1.17892

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