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A New Demon after Collapse: Jewish Social Media Images in the Israeli Palestinian Conflict—Short Videos' Analysis Based on TikTok
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- 2 Northwest University
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Abstract
From over two thousand years of exile history to post World War II Holocaust literature and film and television dramas, Jews have always appeared in various media as innocent victims with a mix of sadness and resilience, even making the "Jewish stance" somewhat politically correct. This article is based on the new round of Palestinian Israeli conflict that broke out on October 7, 2023. The research object is 729 short video data crawled on social media TikTok. Through analyzing the overall attitudes towards Jews presented in the videos, it is found that the ratio of positive and negative attitudes is about 1:12, and "genocide", "war criminals", and "terrorism" are the majority of accusations against Israeli Jews in the videos. The large number of negative evaluations on social media presented in the research conclusion strongly contrasts with the stereotypical impression of Jews in past media expressions. This finding is crucial for China's future diplomatic practice and how to enhance its ability to guide international public opinion.
Keywords
Media Image, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, TikTok, Jew
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Lai,X.;Zhang,T. (2024). A New Demon after Collapse: Jewish Social Media Images in the Israeli Palestinian Conflict—Short Videos' Analysis Based on TikTok. Communications in Humanities Research,36,79-85.
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