Iraqi E-Journalism News Coverage of The Israeli War on The Gaza Strip - An Analytical Study of The News Report of Dustour Newspaper
Keywords:
News Reports, E-Journalism, Al-Dustour Newspaper, News Coverage, Iraqi Journalism, Israeli War, Gaza StripAbstract
Modern media, thanks to its continuous development, is a powerful tool that facilitates the citizen's communication and interaction with the current era. The media has a major role in explaining and discussing important issues and shedding light on them before public opinion, which contributes to shaping and directing public opinion. Therefore, the current study aimed to know how Iraqi electronic newspapers cover the Israeli war on Gaza. The field sample was selected to analyze the content of news reports (230) news reports from the Iraqi Al-Dustour newspaper from the beginning of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023 until April 7, 2024. The study relies on the survey method, and the study reached the following results: Iraqi electronic newspapers used political topics primarily in their coverage of events, and that they relied on obtaining information through the journalist in the first place, followed by local news agencies. The active force on which the reports relied is primarily Palestinian parties, then international parties. The trends in news coverage were opposed to the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip, and the news reports used images to highlight the topic of the war and its seriousness.
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