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This study analyses how the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) framed and sourced news during the first three weeks of the 2023 Israel-Gaza War, utilizing a framing approach to assess impartiality.
This study analyses how the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) framed and sourced news during the first three weeks of the 2023 Israel-Gaza War, utilizing a framing approach to assess impartiality. Building on quantitative content analyses, it compares 20 cross-party and party-specific frames, as well as variations in the utilization of sources in the BBC’s ‘Israel-Gaza war’ section. The analyses reveal minimal disparities in the use of cross-party positive frames between the Palestinian and Israeli sides, with the human-interest frame being most prevalent. However, the use of cross-party negative frames was partial to Israel, with a substantially higher frequency of criminality and terrorism frames in Palestinian narratives, despite some references to Israel’s violations. Party-specific frames favouring Israel were markedly more prominent than those favouring Palestine while Palestinian concerns were marginalized. The BBC cited Israeli political and citizen sources more frequently than Palestinian sources, whereas Palestinian medical sources were cited more often than Israeli ones. These findings are discussed in light of research on impartiality, inequality and the dynamics of inclusion and exclusion of voices and perspectives during conflict.