Framing jihadist terrorism in Romanian broad casting: the case of Brussels attacks

Mihail Dragnea ()
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Mihail Dragnea: University of Bucharest

Revista Romana de Jurnalism si Comunicare - Romanian Journal of Journalism and Communication, 2020, issue 1, 37-49

Abstract: This paper analyses how Romanian TV channels Antena 3 and Digi 24 covered the 22th of March 2016 Brussels terrorist attacks in the aftermath of the events. Relying on frame analysis, the study inves - tigates what frames are dominant in mediatization of Brussels attacks. Based on a quantitative content analysis, the study revealed that “episodic frame” is predominant, by comparison with “thematic frame”, in media actors discourse about jihadist terrorist attacks. In order to analyze the construction of frames, we argue that Romanian TV channels use the collective memory of recent attacks to build domi - nant frames on the 2016 Brussels terrorist attacks. The study emphasizes the ways the two television channels build a specific field of meaning for the terrorist attacks, as a site of danger and suffering, and construct a frame of immediate threat for spectators.

Keywords: Brussels 2016 bombing; media and terrorism; framing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Y8 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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