Clash of Coverage: Cultural Framing in U.S. Newspaper Reporting on the 2011 Protests in Bahrain

Authors

Brian J. Bowe, Grand Valley State University, Michigan
Jennifer Hoewe, Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania

Abstract

Samuel Huntington’s clash of civilizations paradigm was established after the Cold War to explain an emerging new world order and was utilized in the cultural framing hypothesis’ explanation of U.S. news coverage of conflicts. Through content analysis of three major U.S. newspapers’ coverage of the 2011 protests in Bahrain, this study uses the cultural framing hypothesis to determine if a clash of civilizations shaped news stories. The results largely support the hypothesis and Huntington’s paradigm.

Recommended Citation

Bowe, Brian J. and Hoewe, Jennifer, Clash of Coverage: Cultural Framing in U.S. Newspaper Reporting on the 2011 Protests in Bahrain, Middle East Media Educator, 1(1), 2011, 27-36.
Available at:https://ro.uow.edu.au/meme/vol1/iss1/5