The Semiotics of images of The Operation of “Tofan Al Aqsa" and the events that followed in Gaza 2023 A comparative study of images used on digital platforms between (Al-Ahram, Al-Jazeera, Yedioth Ahronoth, CNN and Russia Today)

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Based on the role of digital platforms on social media and the prominent position of international news platforms, the study problem seeks to monitor and analyze the significance of images in media coverage of Operation “Tofan Al-Aqsa” and the events that followed in Gaza 2023 by examining the form and content of the image and identifying the differences in the photographic coverage of the sites, as each platform employs images according to its editorial policies, and the country to which it belongs.
This study belongs to the descriptive analytical studies, as the researcher sought to monitor and analyze the images accompanying the coverage of the events of the “Tofan Al-Aqsa” and the events that followed in Gaza, with the aim of monitoring, describing and analyzing the images accompanying the coverage of the events of the Gaza events and what followed to analyze and interpret the meanings of the images using the qualitative approach based on semiotic analysis, with some quantitative indicators through the content analysis form with its categories related to image analysis in addition to the in-depth interview with several experts working as photographers or editors-in-chief in press institutions. The study used both the media survey method and the methodological comparison method. The most prominent results of the study were represented in the difference in the images displayed on the news platforms under study in their media coverage of the events of October 7, known in the media as the "Tofan Al-Aqsa " and the subsequent Israeli war on Gaza, according to the orientations of each platform, its media policy and the country to which it belongs. Analyzing the different positions of the platforms also resulted in good use of facial features and hand movements, and colors were used according to their meanings.

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