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News Framing in Air Disaster Reporting: A Case Study of Korean Air Flight 801
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News Framing in Air Disaster Reporting:
A Case Study of Korean Air Flight 801
Abstract
On August 6, 1997, Korean Air Flight 801 crashed in Guam, United States territory,
killing 228 passengers and crew. During a 16-day coverage of the air disaster, journalists from the United States and South Korea reported the cause of the crash very differently. Korean journalists framed the cause on a combination of bad weather, faulty navigation devices, and negligence on the part of the Guam air traffic controllers but American journalists highlighted pilot error as the most probable cause. The comparative textual analysis of the news stories in the New York Times and NBC Nightly News of the United States, and JoongAng Ilbo and KBS News at 9 of South Korea, as well as depth interviews with the journalists who covered the crash, traces the divergent reporting to national interest, dissimilar interpretations of information from news sources, and preconceived personal biases held by these journalists. Through different news frames, they constructed different social realities of the same air disaster.
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| | Authors: Kim, Hun Shik. and Lee, Seow Ting. |
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News Framing in Air Disaster Reporting:
A Case Study of Korean Air Flight 801
Abstract
On August 6, 1997, Korean Air Flight 801 crashed in Guam, United States territory,
killing 228 passengers and crew. During a 16-day coverage of the air disaster, journalists from
the United States and South Korea reported the cause of the crash very differently. Korean
journalists framed the cause on a combination of bad weather, faulty navigation devices, and
negligence on the part of the Guam air traffic controllers but American journalists highlighted
pilot error as the most probable cause. The comparative textual analysis of the news stories in the
New York Times and NBC Nightly News of the United States, and JoongAng Ilbo and KBS News
at 9 of South Korea, as well as depth interviews with the journalists who covered the crash,
traces the divergent reporting to national interest, dissimilar interpretations of information from
news sources, and preconceived personal biases held by these journalists. Through different
news frames, they constructed different social realities of the same air disaster.
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