Mohd Faizal Kasmani2024-09-242024-09-242024Muhammad Raqib Mohd Sofian, Siti Suriani Othman, Safiyyah Sabri, Osama Kanaker, & Ihab Ahmed Ra’uf Awais (Eds.). (2024). In 4th International Conference on Islam, Media and Communication (ICIMac 2024) (pp. 1–501).e-ISBN : 9789672614722https://oarep.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/22892E-Proceeding of 4th International Conference on Islam, Media and Communication (ICIMac 2024): “Communication & Digitisation in Madani Society”/ Muhammad Raqib Mohd Sofian, , Siti Suriani Othman, Safiyyah Sabri, Osama Kanaker & Ihab Ahmed Ra’uf Awais. 5th March 2024 Organized by : Faculty of Leadership & ManagementThis article seeks to explore the influence of the nation-state context on the coverage of the 2023 Palestinian-Israeli conflict by BBC and Al Jazeera English. BBC was chosen as a representation of mainstream Western global media, whereas Al Jazeera English represents a counter-flow category of global news media. Through a qualitative discourse analysis focusing on the initial phase of the conflict, differences in portrayal between BBC World News and Al Jazeera English were identified. The analysis a clear divergence in the transitivity as well as naming and referential strategies between the BBC and AJE.en-USBBCAl JazeeraPalestineGlobal Newstext::conference output::conference proceedings::conference paper