Media power and the construction of reality: A critical discourse analysis using Teun A. Van Dijk’s Model on the news of the exploding pager on Al Jazeera Net

Zubaidah, Siti and Hasaniyah, Nur (2025) Media power and the construction of reality: A critical discourse analysis using Teun A. Van Dijk’s Model on the news of the exploding pager on Al Jazeera Net. An-Nahdah Al-'Arabiyah; Jurnal Bahasa dan Sastra Arab. ISSN 2774-7808

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Abstract

This research analyzes the news report entitled “ما جهاز البيجر الذي انفجر في عناصر "حزب الله"” published by Al Jazeera, using the Critical Discourse Analysis (AWK) approach of Teun A. van Dijk model. The purpose of this research is to reveal how the media frames reality, shapes public opinion, and represents ideology and power relations in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This research uses a descriptive qualitative approach with a critical discourse analysis method that includes three main dimensions: macrostructure (theme), superstructure (text scheme), and microstructure (lexical, syntactic, and rhetorical aspects). The results show that Al Jazeera actively shapes social reality through language and representation strategies, by framing Hezbollah as the victim and Israel as the actor suspected of carrying out the cyberattack. The use of technical narratives, quotation of international sources, and the selection of diction that builds a conspiratorial impression shows the media's role as an ideological agent. In this context, Al Jazeera not only conveys information, but also reproduces meanings that favor certain groups. This study confirms that the media has a dimension of power in shaping the construction of social reality through discursive practices.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Keywords:	Critical Discourse Analysis, Israel–Palestine Conflict, Media Framing, Teun A. van Dijk.
Subjects:	13 EDUCATION > 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy > 130202 Curriculum and Pedagogy Theory and Development 13 EDUCATION > 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy > 130205 Humanities and Social Sciences Curriculum and Pedagogy (excl. Economics, Business and Management) 20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2003 Language Studies > 200399 Language Studies not elsewhere classified 20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2004 Linguistics > 200401 Applied Linguistics and Educational Linguistics 20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2004 Linguistics > 200409 Arabic Linguistics 20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2004 Linguistics > 200409 Arabic Linguistics > 20040999 Arabic Linguistics not elsewhere classified 20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2004 Linguistics
Divisions:	Faculty of Humanities > Department of Arabic Language and Letters
Depositing User:	Nur Hasaniyah
Date Deposited:	12 May 2026 09:58

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