Coverage framing of Arab affairs in oriented channels websites in Arabic : comparative analytical study of Bbc And Dw news websites

Abstract EN

The aim of this study is to find out the most important topics covered by the Arabic- language news websites about Arab affairs, and the media sources that these websites rely on for its news and coverage.

The study attempts to identify the nature of media framing that the websites use when dealing with Arab affairs.

The survey method was used and the study also used the comparative analysis method to identify similarities and differences in the coverage.

Three months were selected from year of (2017) as a sample.

The number of news stories analyzed was (1200) news stories.

The study reached a number of results, most notably: -International news agencies came in the forefront of the press sources with (51.4%) followed by private sources (26.3%).

-The press report came in the first rank of the press patterns which was used in coverage of Arab Affairs (44.8%) followed by news (43.8%).

- Conflict frame was superior to the other frame types with (43.9%), followed by the responsibility frame (41.6%).