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29 - 30 November

2025

29 - 30

November

2025

Conference

International Media and the War on Gaza: Modalities of Discourse and the Clash of Narratives

Conference Program

Day One: 29 November

Opening Session

Keynote Speaker Session

Session One: Modality of Discourse and the Clash of Narratives in International Media

  • The process of news framing of the war on Gaza in Western media discourse
  • Narrative construction and the battle of storytelling during the war on Gaza: Methods and objectives
  • Deconstructing the colonial perspective in communication and media studies
  • Transediting and journaling and their role in reinforcing or obscuring narratives
  • The lexical and semantic structure of discourse in foreign Arabic-language news sites covering the war

Session Two: News Models in the Coverage of the War on Gaza

  • Influencing factors in war coverage in international journalism and media networks (Case study: Western media)
  • Constructing concepts and meaning in the grand narratives of the media (Comparative study of international media)
  • The impact of the political environment on media approaches to the war on Gaza (Case study: Israeli media)
  • Patterns of news models in covering the genocide in Gaza (Comparative study of international media)

Session Three: Propaganda Discourse and Its Impact on Global Public Opinion

  • Patterns of propaganda in Israeli and Western media during the war on Gaza
  • The influence of propaganda discourse on shaping international public opinion
  • Fake news and media misinformation in the war on Gaza
  • The media discourse of the Palestinian resistance and its impact on international public opinion
Day Two: 30 November

Keynote Speaker Session

Session Four: Social Networks and Content Production Strategies During the War

  • The role of social networks in documenting the trajectory of the war on Gaza
  • Social networks and the impact of spatial (grand) narratives on public opinion
  • Methods of militarising social media platforms during the war
  • Social media policies and the digital erasure of Palestinian content

Session Five: The Role of Media in Genocide: Strategies of Discourse and Its Theses

  • The structure of hate speech in Israeli and international media
  • Genocidal media discourse in the Gaza war: Operational mechanisms and propositions
  • The role of media in institutionalising genocide in public discourse and journalistic practice
  • Comparison of genocidal media in contemporary cases (Rwanda, Cambodia) with genocidal media in the Gaza war

Session Six: The Social Responsibility of Media during Wars and Crises

  • Professional ethics in war and conflict coverage
  • The role of media in documenting war crimes and its influence on the enforcement of international law
  • The role of media in protecting human rights, achieving justice and building peace
  • Media and conflict resolution: Methodological and theoretical approaches