The news coverage of Aljazeera’s Arabic website for the Libyan ٌRevolution 2011-a quantitative content analysis study

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This study aims to identify and to explore the news coverage of Aljazeera’s Arabic news website for the Libyan Revolution of 2011.

The researchers used the content analysis method as a tool of the study to know how this coverage was conducted through the monitoring and analysis of the news stories which were published by the website regarding the events of the Libyan revolution, and to identify the patterns which were used in this coverage and trends which included.

The results showed that the website posted (76) news stories within one week and using all journalistic patterns and the number of the news stories which were published by the news website were (11) news story daily, and the content of this coverage highlights the suffering of the Libyan revolutionists and focuses on the aspirations of Libyan revolutionists and the successes achieved by them.

The major findings of the study revealed that this coverage focused on monitoring the Arab and international reactions regarding the Libyan revolution and the developments of the situation in this area.