Hey professionals:
I'm conducting a research to examine/analyse the reporting of the Christchurch Mosque attack by two newspaper (The Guardian London and The New Zealand Herald). I am interested in how these two newspaper reported on the perpetrator and victim or their attitude/respective of muslim.
1. I am considering using content analysis for this research but am unsure about which theoretical framework to pair with it. Could you suggest a suitable theory for this purpose?
2. From my readings, I have noted that content analysis some times combine with framing However, I'm still uncertain about which framing theory would be most applicable when analyzing newspaper content.
3. My current plan is to first use content analysis to fund the theme or key words then using CDA to deeply interpreted, if this on the right track, could you give me more about how to I collect words or terms (which theory) my content analysis.
4. Regarding Norman Fairclough CDA. what are the difference or connect of there dimensions (description, interpretation, and explanation) and (representations, identities and relations).
Fascinating study though, I would suggest the use of framing theory and representation theory.
Hi Deli,
Your proposed study sounds interesting. Please take a look at our research paper (published in 2016) 'Re-framing Impairment' - you will find the full paper on Research Gate. There are some similarities in terms of methods and the scope of your project and our research so you may find the paper helpful - especially the literature review, methods, findings and discussion sections and the references / citations.
Article Reframing Impairment? Continuity and Change in Media Represe...
As Rameez suggests, media frame analysis / representation sounds like a good approach. We used this combined with qualitative content analysis which is more flexible than purely quantitative content analysis. The approach still requires 'counting' but there is less emphasis on numerical analysis and more emphasis on qualitative analysis and discussion. Basically, once we were able to identify dominant media frames for representing disability (narrative devices, journalistic selection and interpretation of events, issues, social actors etc.) we were then able to identify these in media coverage of the Paralympic Games and 'count' the frequency with which they occurred in two national papers. Hope this helps and good luck with your research project.
Liam.
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