Deena Dajani's Blog – March 2011 Archive (2)

Naming in situations like those that evolved over the weekend is everything.

In the absence of language, using ready made scripts becomes the problem in itself. 

Several first hand accounts of the events have started to emerge. 

These are the one's I have come across so far.  

Please add any you have come across too.  

Together they give voice to the unscripted, and it is in the unscripted that any chance of hope…

*originally posted on www.oecumene.eu*

Media frames are representations of reality. Their resemblance to reality is always partial. They emerge through institutionalised journalism practices that favour certain stories over others and influence the language and images used to describe events. [1]

While the analysis of media frames is not a substitute for understanding political conflicts, it can reveal whose perspective is…