@article{article_1825034, title={The Discursive Construction of War in Anadolu Agency and Reuters News: A Crisis Communication of the 7–14 October, 2023, Hamas–Israel Conflict}, journal={Bulletin of Palestine Studies}, pages={305–338}, year={2025}, DOI={10.34230/fiad.1825034}, url={https://izlik.org/JA26XT97DL}, author={Erol, Metin}, keywords={Palestine, Gaza, Israel, Crisis Communication, Disaster Communication, Anadolu Agency, Reuters}, abstract={This study aims to examine how crisis communication is constructed through news discourse in the context of Israel’s attacks on Gaza following October 7, 2023. The primary focus is a comparative analysis of sixty news reports selected from those published by Anadolu Agency and Reuters between 7–14 October 2023. Methodologically, news reports related to Gaza, Hamas, Palestine, and Israel published by the two agencies within the specified period were identified using the Habermetre dataset. In total, 573 Reuters reports and 516 Anadolu Agency reports constitute the study population. From this corpus, sixty reports were selected through simple random sampling and analyzed using the Wordsmith software to generate word lists; concordance analyses of the most frequently occurring words were then conducted to determine the framing strategies adopted by both agencies. The findings will be interpreted in relation to key processes of crisis communication—informing, victimisation/supportive communication, and accountability. Accordingly, crisis communication and framing theory provide the theoretical foundation of the study. The research aims to contribute to the literature by demonstrating, through a systematic discourse analysis based on linguistic data, how crisis communication is constructed through the integration of quantitative and qualitative methods. Ultimately, the article argues that in global crises, the media function not merely as channels of information dissemination but also as actors that interpret and reproduce social reality.}, number={18}