Sources of media bias in coverage of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict: the 2010 Gaza flotilla raid in German, British, and US newspapers. Issue 1 (2nd January 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Neureiter, Michael
• Is Part Of: Israel affairs. Volume 23:Issue 1(2017)
• Page Start: 66
• Page End: 86
• Publication Date: 2017-01-02
• Subjects: Media bias -- mass media -- content analysis -- Gaza flotilla raid -- Israel -- Palestine; Israel -- History -- 1933- -- Periodicals; 956.94054
• DOI: 10.1080/13537121.2016.1244381
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1353-7121

Abstract

Abstract: This article examines the sources of media bias in coverage of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict by applying Dave D'Alessio and Mike Allen's framework for measuring media bias to a sample of German, British, and US newspaper articles on the 2010 Gaza flotilla raid. It suggests that British and especially German newspapers exhibit a significant anti-Israel bias, whereas the results for the United States are mixed. Testing five potential explanations for the occurrence of media bias in the context of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, this article also suggests that a newspaper's ideological leaning as well as a country's public opinion, demographic make-up, and relationship with Israel explain the occurrence of these biases rather well, whereas national business interests do not.