Analyzing the media framing of armed conflict- induced food crisis in Tigray, Ethiopia

The research paper aim to examine how the humanitarian crisis in Tigray is framed by the guardian and Associated press specifically the food crises and how UN influence those two media framing. The research seeks to read the humanitarian viewpoints presented to the public by those two prominent media outlets between 2021 and 2022 by looking at textual framing. The research specifically maps out media framings using two main theories. First theory used is Galtung’s Peace and War Journalism model, which views journalists as proactive actors in conflict and war circumstances who may foster peace possibilities rather than focusing on war and triumph and Entman framing theory, which used to shed light on general societal problems by identifying their causes and the people who are most responsible for advancing them. The findings of the study reveal that the two media outlets' general framing of the humanitarian crisis as peace journalistic framing while their specific framing of the food crisis was framed as a hunger and famine and this framing had been affected by UN, even if UN still frames the food crisis as a food insecurity.