Image of islam on the websites of foreign electronic newspapers : an analytical study

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The study aims to identify image of Islam on the websites of foreign electronic newspapers.

Our study belongs to the descriptive studies which aim at classifying data and facts gathered from journalism websites content to obtain information and accurate data.

Our current study depends on media survey method as it presents accurate scientific effort which helps us obtain data and information about the image of Islam on the foreign electronic newspapers.

The study only focuses on the Image of Islam on the foreign electronic newspapers namely the New York Times and The Independent.

The analytical study is applied on the foreign electronic newspapers of the New york Times and The Independent from 1/1/2017 to 31/12/2017.

The researcher designed a coding sheet to analyze the websites of the New York Times and the Independent.

The analytical study shows that the New York Times sheds more light for tackling Islam and Muslim issues.

The New York Times tackles 273 topic out of 522 which reaches 52.3%.

The Independent tackles 249 issues out of 522 which reaches 74.7%.

As the journalism forms are concerned, the news category comes first with 299 repetition out of 522 which reaches 57.3%.

As the journalism sources are concerned, the category of editors comes first with 343 repetition out of 522 which reaches 65.7%.

As the strategies of persuasion are concerned, the category of one point of view comes first with 271 repetition out of 522 which reaches 51.9%.

As the strategies of persuasion are concerned, the category of one point of view comes first with 271 repetition out of 522 which reaches 51.9%.

As the goals of treatment are concerned, the category of explanatory goal comes third with 251 repetition out of 522 which reaches 48.81 %.-