CONFERENCEMediatisation of Russia’s Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine and Palestinian Terrorist Group Hamas Attack on Israel: Framing Analysis of War Representations on News Portal “LSM.lv” (24 February 2022–7 April 2024)
https://doi.org/10.22364/ms24.05 | pp. 52-60 | PDF
Agnija Lazdiņa
University of Latvia
Abstract. The aim of the research is to establish how LSM.lv mediatizes both war conflicts and what kind of framings can be identified in the representations of both wars. The theoretical part of the research includes explanations of mediatization, representation, news values and framing approaches. The methodology consists of quantitative and qualitative content analysis, framing analysis and semi-structured interviews. The results show that the news portal LSM.lv produces high quality news, not only informative, but also diverse in terms of topics, regarding both the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine and the attack by the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas in Israel. The publications are also objective and, despite the different circumstances influencing the two conflicts, LSM.lv maintains journalistic professionalism and does not portray journalists’ positions or personal views on one or the other conflict.
Keywords: news, war representations, mediatization, framing, journalism
In: Media and Society, 2024. Proceedings of Scientific Papers = Mediji un sabiedrība, 2024. Rakstu krājums. Riga, University of Latvia, 2025. 137 p.