Date of Graduation
2015
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Type
MS
College
Reed College of Media
Department
Reed College of Media
Committee Chair
Steve Urbanski
Committee Co-Chair
Mahmood Hossain
Committee Member
Diana Martinelli
Committee Member
David Smith
Committee Member
Tom Stewart
Abstract
This research builds on similar studies that examined newspaper coverage of airline disasters during the Cold War in the 1980s. It explores "new Cold War" frames in The New York Times and The Moscow Times coverage of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17, which was shot down over Ukraine in 2014. The research reveals an absence of hostile Cold War assertions, but found frames were consistent with the respective U.S. and Russian diplomatic positions.
Recommended Citation
Isa, Abu Daud Mohammad, "MH17 Tragedy: A Comparative Analysis of Cold War and Post-Cold War Media Framing of Aviation Disasters" (2015). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 5860.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/5860