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Arab Opinion Leaders' Attitudes and Perceptions towards the Coverage of Da'esh News by Arab and non-Arab TV News Services
- Author(s):
- MOHAMED AL-QUDAH , ABDULKRIM ZIANI MENAWER ALRAJEHI
- Editor(s):
- Jyotirmaya Patnaik (see profile)
- Date:
- 2018
- Group(s):
- Communication Studies, Cultural Studies, Digital Humanists, Feminist Humanities, Information Ecosystems
- Subject(s):
- Mizrahim, Middle East, Arab countries, Digital media, Political parties, Social movements
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- : Opinion leaders, Da’esh, news coverage, terrorism, attitudes, Arab Jews, Arab Middle East
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/mkmx-b440
- Abstract:
- This study aims to Arab opinion leaders' attitudes and perceptions towards the coverage of Da'esh actions by Arab and non-Arab TV news services, thus, by investigating the perception of Da'esh actions provided by Arab and non-Arab TV services. Data were collected from 1,330 participants across 19 Arab countries, with a probability sample due to the difficulties to gather comprehensive information from the sample that targets Arab opinion leaders. The findings of the study show that Arab and Western news channels present 2.7 per cent of their news bulletins about Da'esh. The variable "very big" in the first place by 60.1 per cent, and the "big" variable occupied second place by 15.5 per cent, while the interest rate for the weak variable came in last place with 10 per cent. The majority of respondents trust the news of Arab and Western news channels about Da'esh. In the "yes" answer, 87.9 per cent pointed to Arab channels, and 84.4 per cent for
- Metadata:
- xml
- Published as:
- Journal article
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 2 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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