News Framing Iraq and Afghanistan War: Abstract and Conclusion

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Abstract

The aim of this paper was to analyse the news framing of the U.S Iraq and Afghanistan war. The role of media has been a very crucial and controversial throughout the history. Media plays very significant role in making the perception of people regarding anything. Particularly regarding the news farming of Afghanistan and Iraq war, the international media played a significant role in presenting and manipulating the facts. This paper is aimed at analyzing the news war on the international media: the news framing of the Afghan and Iraqi War in US, Europe, and Latin America. This dissertation will be using qualitative research approach in analyzing the phenomenon of news war on the international media: the news framing of the Afghan and Iraqi War in US, Europe, and Latin America. Since the nature of this research was descriptive, therefore it employed the secondary analysis and primary survey to better understand the news framing by media. A sample size of 50 journalists was selected who were made to fill out the questionnaire online. On the other hand, secondary research analysis was used to form the ground analysis that helped in developing the questionnaire. It was found that The Media has used the means that manipulated the sentiments of the public. Such means included the use of fake photographs and the manipulative articles. The international media created hype by false reporting and misrepresentation of the facts. The role of international media was disturbing in spreading propaganda about the Afghanistan and Iraqi government. The information about the war was not presented with an objective point of view. Every medium had their own understanding and their own vision of the world, and it affects the issue of necessity. Media, be it a large corporation or small, does not have the resources to inform about the truth. Western culture has created the idea that the U.S. is one example of the god of the media which must not be to defy.

CONCLUSION

The Iraq war of 2003 is seen to have occurred within the newly altered environment of media. For instance dominant choice of medium to obtain information and the coverage consistency with the government shifted from Vietnam, war to the Gulf war and to the Iraq war. Media's role in the US-led coalition of 11 September after the wars initiated has been a lot of critical discussion. For example, the fact that the mainstream media operation before the invasion of Iraq and during the war left a lot to be desired especially in the USA and the UK, and it is probably already well-established idea (McPhedran,2011).

After the war, the media has generally been commendably active in the background of the war. Multi-expert believe that before the war in Iraq, the Western media should have been a lot more energetic demanding explanations and evidence of war arguments. During the war in Afghanistan, the ability to mobilize and use the media played a key role on the ...