Analyzing the Ideology of Fox News Channel in Constructing Christchurch Mass Shooting
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.210304.129How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Christchurch Shooting, Fox News Channel, Frame Analysis, Media Construction of Reality, Media Ideology
- Abstract
Despite the 72 pages manifesto uploaded by Brenton Tarrant to social media before the deadly Friday attack, Fox & Friends producers insisted on using the term “mosque shooting” in covering Christchurch mass shooting. It seems that there was resistance from the Fox & Friends producers in using the term “terror” to label the attacks that left 51 people killed and 49 others injured. This study aims to examine and explore the ideology of Fox News Channel on the constructed reality of Christchurch shootings by analyzing the audio-visual content using Edelman’s Frame Analysis method. The reality of mass shootings constructed by Fox & Friends’ producers tends to have a uniform model. In covering Christchurch shootings, the producers attempted to emphasize certain realities and direct public understanding based on conservative ideology. In conclusion, Fox News Channel ideology tends to be aligned with a certain party (Republican) ideology affiliated with the executive council. Also, Fox News Channel ideology influences its political and economic direction in herding and constructing public opinion.
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- © 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
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TY - CONF AU - D Randy AU - N Vera PY - 2021 DA - 2021/03/08 TI - Analyzing the Ideology of Fox News Channel in Constructing Christchurch Mass Shooting BT - Proceedings of the 1st Paris Van Java International Seminar on Health, Economics, Social Science and Humanities (PVJ-ISHESSH 2020) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 578 EP - 582 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210304.129 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.210304.129 ID - Randy2021 ER -