News Framings of The Green Zone Protests 2022 by Iraqi Newspaper Al-Sabah - An Analytical Study of The Period From 1 - 30/08/2022

Abstract

The problem was formulated in a major question, which is: What are the news frameworks that the Iraqi newspaper Al -Sabah adopted in dealing with the issue of the Green Zone protests 2022, and the associated events?
The research sought to achieve several goals; Including: Explaining the extent of the interest of Al -Sabah newspaper in dealing with the issue of protests in the Green Zone 2022, and its related events, and to identify the position of Al -Sabah newspaper on the issue, as well as introducing the news frameworks that the newspaper had employed in highlighting the issue of the Green Zone protests 2022.
This research is one of the descriptive research projects that adopted the survey approach for an intentional sample of (24) number, for a period of 1/8-30/8/2022, and resulted in the analysis of (46) news materials, according to the content analysis form, as a systematic tool.
The research reached several results and conclusions, the most important of which are:
1. Al -Sabah Al -Sabia newspaper achieved - to some extent - in dealing with the issue of the Green Zone protests 2022, and its related events; She paid attention to the issue, and expanding the coverage of the related events that extend - sometimes - to more than one page, including various opinions within specific axes, involved in multiple views, and due to various intellectual references at the two levels (local and international) in the manner that achieves Balance in the case display, and the associated events.
2. The predominance of the political and legal nature on the foundations adopted by the Al -Sabah newspaper in conducting the causal evaluation and interpretations in dealing with the issue of the Green Zone protests 2022, and the related events, due to the association of protests with the political demands related to the formation of the government that needed legal support; Due to its implications for issues assigned to the law and the constitution, including the dissolution of Parliament, the holding of early elections, and the amendment of the Parties Law.
3. Al -Sabah newspaper sought to calm down in addressing the issue of protests and the events related to it, as it highlighted the issue in multiple news frameworks, foremost of which was the framework of the dialogue that included calm and calling for dialogue by inviting the division to sit at the same table, and bringing views, and reaching treatments that end the protests and form the government, while the conflict framework came second.