Corpus-assisted frame analysis of news on regional conflicts in a multicultural society: The case of the Daegu mosque construction

Soowon Yeom^*, Soyeong Park^**

Yonsei University

Abstract

This study investigates the framing patterns and content of news coverage surrounding the construction of the Islamic mosque in Daehyeon-dong, Buk-gu, Daegu. A total of 433 articles containing the keywords “Daegu” and “Islam” were collected from Naver News between 2021 and 2024 and coded according to the frames proposed by Bowe and Makki (2016). Subsequently, a corpus linguistic analysis was conducted for each frame to examine the keywords, collocations, and framing devices quantitatively and qualitatively. The findings revealed that, in the early stages of the event, the major frames appeared relatively balanced; however, over time, the reporting became fragmented, emphasizing either conflict or condemnation of hate. Furthermore, the distribution of keywords and collocations within each frame demonstrated that the same lexical items served different semantic roles depending on the frame. The use of framing devices also enabled a more detailed observation of how frames were constructed at the textual level. This study is significant in that it adopts an interdisciplinary approach combining framing analysis and corpus linguistics to provide a multidimensional understanding of how real social conflicts in multicultural contexts are constructed within news discourse.

다문화 사회 지역 갈등 뉴스 보도에 대한 코퍼스 보조 프레임 분석
: 대구 이슬람 사원 건축 사례를 중심으로

초록

Vol. 40 No. 4 (2022.12)

Journal Abbreviation j. Korea Saf. Manag. Sci.
Frequency Published four times annually in March, June, September, and December
Doi Prefix 10.14353/sjk.
Year of Launching 1993
Publisher The Sociolinguistic Society of Korea

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