Abstract

This study examined the online visual framing of conflict mediation in West Africa. Consequently, it widens the scope of the literature on media visual framing as well as on conflict mediation. The manifest content of 51 photographs from the online version of the leading magazine Jeune Afrique from January 2008 to November 2021 was analysed. The findings suggest that the male gender universe, dominated by politicians and the military, is more visible than the female gender universe. It was also found that the majority of photographs depicted positive attitudes. While these findings undoubtedly extend the political and scientific discourses that give high visibility to official mediation initiatives and its messianic aspect, it also informs us that Jeune Afrique’s website tends to make more salient the mediation perspective which sets it up as a notable fact, worthy of media treatment.

摘要

这项研究考察了西非冲突调解的在线视觉框架。因此，它扩大了媒体视觉框架和冲突调解文献的范围。对 2008 年 1 月至 2021 年 11 月期间领先杂志《Jeune Afrique》在线版的 51 张照片的清单内容进行了分析。研究结果表明，由政治家和军队主导的男性性别世界比女性性别世界更加明显。研究还发现，大多数照片都描绘了积极的态度。虽然这些发现无疑扩展了政治和科学话语，使官方调解举措及其救世主方面得到了高度关注，但它也告诉我们，Jeune Afrique的网站倾向于更加突出调解视角，将其设置为值得注意的事实，值得媒体处理。