Surrogate Ethnocentrism in U.S. Media Coverage of the 2023 to 2025 Israel–Gaza War: Humanization, Sourcing, Framing, and Emotive Language in Two “Papers of Record”
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
Published online on May 21, 2026
Abstract
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This study examines how two leading American newspapers—The New York TimesandThe Washington Post—framed Israelis and Palestinians during the 2023 to 2025 Israel–Gaza war. Drawing on Wolfsfeld et al.’s victim/defensive mode of reporting model, the study ...
This study examines how two leading American newspapers—The New York TimesandThe Washington Post—framed Israelis and Palestinians during the 2023 to 2025 Israel–Gaza war. Drawing on Wolfsfeld et al.’s victim/defensive mode of reporting model, the study ...