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AuthorAl-Shehari, Khaled
AuthorAl-Sharafi, Abdul Gabbar
Available date2020-07-06T11:25:50Z
Publication Date2020-07-02
Publication NameMedia, War and Conflict
Identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1750635220938404
CitationAl-Shehari, K., & Al-Sharafi, A. G. (2020). Negotiating Wikipedia narratives about the Yemeni crisis: Who are the alleged supporters of the Houthis? Media, War & Conflict. https://doi.org/10.1177/1750635220938404
ISSN1750-6352
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/15157
AbstractIn this article, the authors apply a narrative model to examine how narratives about the current crisis in Yemen are constructed on English Wikipedia. Using concepts from various narrative theories, as introduced to the field of translation studies by Baker’s Translation and Conflict: A Narrative Account (2006), they analyse an article published on English Wikipedia. The analysis, based on a narrative model designed for this study, focuses on the alleged supporters of the Houthis in the current Yemeni crisis and is applied to the talk pages and history pages associated with the article. The article concludes that, although Wikipedia writers appear free to write and edit without restrictions, they are in fact subject to strict policies and regulations. The transparency of their discussions is a striking feature that controls the quality of the narratives they negotiate on Wikipedia.
Languageen
PublisherSAGE Publications
SubjectHouthis
narrative theory
online media
Wikipedia
Yemen
Yemeni crisis
TitleNegotiating Wikipedia narratives about the Yemeni crisis: Who are the alleged supporters of the Houthis?
TypeArticle
ESSN1750-6360
dc.accessType Open Access


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