News coverage of Persian websites in Al Arabiya, VOA and Euro News Regarding Military Attack of SA to Yemen

International Journal of Social Communication Sciences

مقاله 3، دوره 03، شماره 10، مهر 2013، صفحه 23-38   

نوع مقاله: Scientific-research

نویسنده

Reza Karimi Saleh^*

چکیده

The main objective of this study is to evaluate news coverage of Persian websites such as Al-Arabiya, VOA (Voice of America) and Euro news regarding Saudi Arabia (SA) military attack to Yemen. The methodology in this study is content analysis. The population in this study includes all the news of Persian websites such as Al-Arabiya, VOA and Euro news during Saudi Arabia military attack to Yemen. Sample size was 30 days news (8/1/94-8/2/94) reflected about research subject in these three websites. It should be mentioned that the population in this research is equal to sample size. In other words, census was conducted. Recording, enumeration and content unit in this research is “the news related to our everyday subject”. The research findings indicates that there is no significant difference in news coverage and orientations, in fact orientations were not one-sided. All three studied websites were similar in positioning and biased actions to support Saudi Arabia. It should be stated that all three studied websites have used value traits for Saudi Arabia and non-value traits for Yemen’s Ansar Allah. In most of the news published in these three websites, News sources are not mentioned. Finally, it must be said that most of the deployments confirmed Saudi action against Yemen.

کلیدواژه‌ها

websites؛ Al Arabiya؛ VOA and Euro news؛ military attack

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