State News Agency Frames on Terrorist Attack : Study in TVNZ New Zealand and news.lk Sri Lanka

Mutia Dewi,Narayana Mahendra Prastya

doi:10.29313/mediator.v13i2.6385

Abstract

Many of the global mass media tend to deliver a particular news frame in a terrorism case, especially linkage terrorism with certain religions, races, at so on. The global mass media is influenced by Western media. The news frame will be different from the news agency level. This article aims to discuss news frame by the national news agencies in New Zealand (TVNZ) and Sri Lanka (news. lk) in a terrorism case, using the Robert N. Entman frame model. The result shows TVNZ defines the problem as an unprecedented action and creates a dark history in the country, the cause of the problem is terrorists from outside New Zealand, moral judgments in the form of evidence that New Zealand society remains united, the victims are also part of the New Zealand family regardless of their background, so the recommended resolution of the problem is that the government guarantees the safety of Muslim communities. Differently, news.lk defines the problem as the motive of the attack as revenge with religious sentiment. Meanwhile, the security forces are not aware of the threat, that define the cause of the problem as the perpetrator is an organized group and an indication of religious sentiment. This media makes moral judgments by revealing the fact that Muslims not guilty, the government facilitates representatives of the religious community in Sri Lanka to express their opinions to find solutions for reconciliation and maintaining peace. The recommended resolution is that the government is ready to fight terrorism without foreign intervention, improve the performance of the security forces, and reveal the active role of the different Sri Lankan people's ethnicity and religion.

Highlights

Mass media tend to deliver the news related to terrorism in high quantity, high pace, and continuously
The result shows TVNZ defines the problem as an unprecedented action and creates a dark history in the country; the cause of the problem is terrorists from outside New Zealand; moral judgments in the form of evidence that New Zealand society remains united; victims are part of the New Zealand family regardless of their background; the recommended resolution of the problem is that the government guarantees the safety of Muslim communities
News.lk defines the problem the motives of the attack is revenge with religious sentiment, on the other side the security apparatus is unaware with the threat; defining the cause of the problem is the culprits are organized groups and indications of religious sentiment; making moral judgments by exposing the fact that Muslims are innocent, the government facilitates the representative community of religions in Sri Lanka to express their opinions to find solutions for reconciliation and maintain peace; the recommended resolution is that the government be ready to fight terrorism without foreign intervention; repair the performance of security apparatus; and expose on the active role of the Sri Lanka people who have different ethnicity and religion

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Introduction

Mass media tend to deliver the news related to terrorism in high quantity, high pace, and continuously. It happens because there is a “co-incidence” connection between the needs of the parties involved in terrorism and the media. The parties, whether it is the government or terrorist group, want to rule the information flow (Junaedi, 2017; Sukarno, 2011). Talk broader about the news frame the terrorism news frame is dominated by the Western media –the supplier information for global audiences by far – who tend to associate terrorism with Islam and Muslim.

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