Trends in News Coverage on Podcast Websites of The Zionist Aggression on The Gaza Strip - An Analytical Study of Podcasts (Al-Jazeera and BBC)

Abstract

The study aims to reveal the issues and content that Al Jazeera and BBC podcasts aim to show, as global and Arab satellite channels have been interested in refining podcasts and employing them in the field of news coverage of global events, including political, social, cultural, and historical events, by shedding light on topics and issues, researching them, and analyzing their aspects, which helps the listener build a clear picture of all the events and issues that interest him, as it arranges the audience’s priorities according to the events and provides him with information and data that give him a picture to understand the events. In this research, we focused on the news coverage in Al Jazeera and BBC podcasts of the Zionist aggression on the Gaza Strip; It was found that podcasts in both institutions have a role in news coverage by hosting political and security figures specialized in events, especially since podcasts are an important interactive news platform that played a major role in covering events in Gaza, which provided the public with a wider space to understand the issues and daily events that Gaza is exposed to as a result of the Zionist aggression, especially since the nature of news podcasts can target various age groups and may be specific from listeners according to the nature of the news content presented, which makes it a powerful media outlet and an effective tool in conveying information and news, especially since the media has taken podcasts as a platform or space to publish issues that concern the public, and it has become more interested and interactive with the public through the advantages it enjoys, especially since it has become a tool for documenting stories that happen to people, in addition to being a means of reaching decision-makers, encouraging listeners and contributing to strengthening public opinion on public issues.