Framing Analysis on Conflict between Federal Government and Tigray People Liberation Front (From November 4/2020-January 11/2021): The Case of ENA and Reuters
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2021-11
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The purpose of this study is to examine how ENA (local news agency) and Reuters (international
ones) frame the conflict between the federal government and TPLF were reported in the sampled
period of November 2020 to January 2021. The aforementioned period is purposely chosen
because that, the period from November 4, 2020, to January 11, 2021, was the time where the
conflict started till the catchment of the higher officials of the TPLF. The sampled media were
selected purposely since they repeatedly reported that specific conflict issue. The sample news
agencies are from national and international and the English version of the news agencies was
selected to avoid vagueness while translating the Amharic version (in case of ENA). In addition,
the two media framed and cover the situation in different ways. To meet the main objectives of
the study, three research questions were prepared. These are; to what extent did the two media
(news, news analysis, and feature) focus on reporting the conflict of the two groups in a selected
time, how did the two media frame stories of conflict report on the sampled period, who was
used as a source to cover the conflict issues in the stated time frame. The study used quantitative
content analysis and textual analysis to answer the research questions. The result of the study
revealed that the conflict reporting in the selected media, specifically, ENA and Reuters were
inclined to use one source and exclude the voiceless. The study recommends that the two
sampled media should provide information to the public by respecting the ethical values of the
profession.
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The aforementioned period is purposely chosen because that, the period from November 4, 2020, to January 11, 2021, was the time where the conflict started till the catchment of the higher officials of the TPLF