Audience levels of knowledge about the Egyptian Turkish relationship crisis as reflected by Arabic news:

Document Type : Original Article

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Assistant Professor, Tv& Broadcasting Department, Al-Jazeera High Institute of Media and Communication Sciences

Abstract

This paper investigates the Turkish Egyptian relationship crisis as reflected by Arabic news programs. In 2013, the Turkish leadership rejected the military move supported by 30th of June protests to topple Muslim Brotherhood regime represented by Muhammad Morsi. The geopolitical and strategical significance of both Turkish and Egyptian states play an essential role in magnifying the political tension in the Middle East. The aim of the study is to measure the influence of media content especially the news reporting programs in articulating the conflict image and formulating knowledge about the crisis. The study is descriptive and employs survey as a tool to collect data from 400 individuals. The results concluded that there are statistical proves of the relationships between audience dependency on Arabic news reporting programs and the audience knowledge about the crisis.

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