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| | Abstract | 1 |
| | Acknowledgements | 2 |
| | List of Tables and diagrams | 5 |
| | Abbreviations | 7 |
| 1. Introduction. | 1.1. Motivation | 1 |
| | 1.2. Statement of problem and research question | 2 |
| | 1.3. Methodology and limitations of the stude | 3 |
| | 1.4. Previous researches on the sunject | 4 |
| | 1.5. Structire of the study | 7 |
| 2. Theoretical framework. | 2.1. Clarification of terms | 8 |
| | 2.1.1. Foreign reporting | 8 |
| | 2.1.2. Conflict, Crisis, War | 8 |
| | 2.1.3. Foreign crisis | 11 |
| | 2.1.4. Peace | 11 |
| | 2.1.5. Conflict reporting | 11 |
| | 2.1.6. Peace, or conflict-sensitive, journalism | 12 |
| | 2.1.7. Balance | 12 |
| | 2.1.8. Framing | 13 |
| | 2.1.9. Russia-georgia war | 13 |
| | 2.2. Clarification of concepts | 14 |
| | 2.2.1. Foreign reporting | 14 |
| | 2.2.2. Conflict reporting | 18 |
| | 2.2.3. Role of media in conflict reporting | 26 |
| | 2.2.4. Peace, or conflict-sensitive, journalism | 27 |
| | 2.2.5. News criteria of conflict reporting | 36 |
| | 2.2.6. Peace journalism and stages of conflict escalation | 41 |
| | 2.2.7. Peace journalism versus war journalism | 43 |
| | 2.2.8. Peace journalism controversy | 47 |
| | 2.2.9. Balance of reportinh as professional standart in journalism | 50 |
| | 2.2.10. Framing analysis of media content | 52 |
| 3. Empirical framework. | 3.1. Case study : Russia-georgia war of 08.08.08 | 55 |
| | 3.2. Methodology | 63 |
| | 3.3. Finding | 72 |
| | 3.3.1. Interest of western median the Russia-georgia war | 72 |
| | 3.3.2. development of coverage | 74 |
| | 3.3.3. Conflict-sensitivity og the reporting on the Russia-Georgia war | 77 |
| | 3.3.2. Propaganda-oriented versus thuth-oriented | 84 |
| | 3.3.3.3. Elite-oriented versus people-oriented | 86 |
| | 3.3.3.4. Victory-oriented versus solution-oriented | 89 |
| | 3.3.3.5. Escalation- or de-escalation-oriented headlines | 93 |
| | 3.3.3.6. Summary | 95 |
| | 3.3.4. Balance of the repoting on the Russia-georgia war | 96 |
| | 3.3.4.1. Description of result | 97 |
| | 3.3.4.2. Summary | 110 |
| 4. Discussion. | 4.1. Applicability of the theoretical approaches | 114 |
| | 4.2. Limitations of the study | 118 |
| | 4.3. recommendations for future researches | 119 |
| 5. | Conslusion | 121 |
| 6. | Bibliography | 123 |
| 7. Appendix. | No. 1. Code book | 133 |
| | No. 2. Total coverage of FAZ, SZ, NYT, WP, GD, IP in August 2008 according to dates | 141 |
| | No. 3. Total coverage of FAZ, SZ, NYT, WP, GD, IP in August 2008 according to genres | 142 |
| | No. 4. Coverage of FAZ in August 2008 | 143 |
| | No. 5. Coverage of SZ in August 2008 | 144 |
| | No. 6. Coverage of NYT in August 2008 | 145 |
| | No. 7. Civerage of WP in August 2008 | 146 |
| | No. 8. Coverage of GD in August 2008 | 147 |
| | No. 9. Coverahe of IP in August 2008 | 148 |
| | No. 10. Sample of a peace-oriented, or cobflict-sensitive, reporting | 149 |
| | No. 11. Sample of a war-oriented reporting | 151 |