The usage of info-graphic in Egyptian news websites- Comparative analytical study

Document Type : Original Article

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Associate Professor – Faculty of mass communication – Journalism department – Cairo university

Abstract

This paper aims to reveal the features of the use of infographic art in Egyptian electronic sites, through a comparative analytical study in form and content, and whether the sites have benefited from the richness of the means on which its publishing its journalistic material.
The study employs descriptive and comparative methods to study.
The paper harnesses the theoretical background of media richness.
The main results concluded by this study included that there was a contrast in number of info graphs that were being published in the news websites ; as there was 414 pieces of info-graph being published in one news website that had no print version for it while a relatively small number in the news websites that had a print version for it.  

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