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Media Coverage and Political Interests: Portrayal of Syrian Conflict by Saudi and Iranian Press
Abstract
This study focuses to probe the portrayal of pro and anti-government Syrians groups in Saudi and Iranian press. It is hypothesized that Arab news and Tehran times portrayed pro and anti- government Syrians groups differently. It is also hypothesized that press of both countries framed pro and anti-government groups differently. The theoretical framework for this research was based on framing theory. The research follows the quantitative research design content analysis strategy. The times frame was selected from 1st January to 31 December 2013 and researcher designed a coding sheet by selecting two frames, pro-government and anti-government frame. The data was analyzed through SPSS and Chi-Square test was applied on data .The findings of the study revealed that there is significant difference in portrayal and framing of both newspapers. Both hypotheses were accepted.
Authors
Dr. Zahid Yousaf
Chairman, Centre for Media and Communication Studies, University of Gujrat, Gujrat, Pakistan
Dr. Sultan Mubariz Khan
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science & IR, University of Gujrat, Gujrat, Pakistan
Dr. Asia Saif Alvi
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science & IR, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan
Keywords
Portrayal, Pro-Syrian, Anti-Syrian Groups, Saudi, Iranian, Media
