The media image of Syrian refugees and its relationship to their mental image among a sample of the Egyptian and Syrian public

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Public Relations Instructor at Al Jazeera Higher Media Institute

2 Radio and Television Instructor at the Higher International Institute for Media in El-Shorouk

Abstract

The current study aimed to reveal the relationship between the image of refugee women presented by news and television programs on the official Facebook pages of the Syrian and Arab channels of the study sample, and their mental image among a sample of the Egyptian and Syrian public. A questionnaire was applied to a sample of 100 individuals from the Egyptian and Syrian public. The sample of the analytical study, the content analysis form was applied to the programs that dealt with news and issues of Syrian refugees on the official Facebook pages of four channels concerned with Syrian affairs (Syria TV, Orient TV, Sky News Arabia, and Al Jazeera Syria) during the time period from January 15 to 15 In March, the most important results of the study were that 77% of the study sample of the Egyptian public and 64% of the Syrian public believe that the nature of the media image presented by the official pages of the satellite channels in the study sample combines positive and negative according to the nature of their living conditions in places of refuge.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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