The Framing of the Egyptian Electronic Newspapers Treatment of the Corona Pandemic (Covid-19):

Document Type : Original Article

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Lecturer of journalism at Department of educational mass communication-Faculty of specific education - Damietta University.

Abstract

Abstract
This study seeks to identify how electronic newspapers deal with the Corona pandemic, along with the news frameworks used and their role in citizens' health awareness. This study is a descriptive one that used the survey method. The analytical study sample was presented by (Al-Youm Al-Sabea Electronic Newspaper, Al-Bawaba News Electronic Newspaper). The topics and materials related to Coronavirus were analyzed for a period of three months (from the end of April until early July 2020).
Important results:

The news story came at the forefront of the journalistic patterns used to cover issues related to the Coronavirus in electronic newspapers. Likewise, the journalist was one of the most important sources for obtaining the contents related to the Coronavirus.
(Advice and precautionary measures) topped up the contents covered by electronic newspapers about the Coronavirus, as well as reliance on (logical methods) in order to convince the audience of the credibility of what it publishes.
The (giving information) objective was ranked first, followed by that of (supporting the efforts of the state), which electronic newspapers seek in order to achieve citizens' health awareness. The (responsibility framework) came first, followed by (the public interest framework), then (the government support framework), as the most important frameworks used by electronic newspapers in their handling of the Coronavirus issues.
Statistically significant correlational relationships were found between the persuasion methods used in electronic newspapers treating Coronavirus news and contents and the goals sought by newspapers to achieve citizens' health awareness. Correlational relationships were also found between both goals and frameworks used by electronic newspapers to deal with the Coronavirus topics.

 


 

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