A SEMIOTIC ANALYSIS OF MEDIA MASS INTERNATIONAL (ARTICLE) ABOUT THE ISRAEL-PALESTINE CONFLICT ON OCTOBER 7, 2023

Abstract

The Israel-Palestinian conflict has been going on for many years and being chaos again on
October 7, 2023. This study aims to provide a deep understanding of how international
media reported and interpreted the conflict through a semiotic analysis, The international
media being analyzed are BBC, CNN, Al-Jazeera, and The New York Times. The research
uses a qualitative method and focuses on news articles from these media that were
uploaded on October 7, 2023. The semiotics analysis examines the denotative meaning,
connotative meaning, and myth conveyed in the news article. The findings reveal how each
article of the media constructs and represents the conflict, often with biases that shape
public perception. This research reveals an important viewpoint on how the media
influences public perceptions of the complicated geopolitical issues of the Israel and
Palestine conflict. The result can help foster a more critical and knowledgeable discussion
of how the media presents these issues.