News coverage of the 2010 Iraqi general elections

Bibliographic Data

ID12913408
AuthorsA Al-Rawi (0000-0001-7336-1550, Erasmus University Rotterdam, corresponding author), Barrie Gunter (University of Leicester)
Year2013
Volume6
Issue1
Pages19-34
Publication date2013-03-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Arab & Muslim Media Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1751-9411 • E-ISSN: 1751-942X
PublisherIntellect (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1386/jammr.6.1.19_1
OpenAlexW2328763754
LanguageEN
References cited8

This study investigates the tone of election news coverage in the evening newscasts of four Iraqi satellite TV channels: Iraqia (government-run), Furat (Shiite), Hurria (Kurdish) and Baghdad (Sunni) for two weeks leading up to the general election. A total sample of 56 evening newscasts containing 857 news stories that were related to the election was analysed. Although all channels claimed to be addressing all Iraqis and to be following the principles of professional journalism, the evidence presented here argues that all four channels disregarded professional news values. Even the state-run al-Iraqia channel, that is supposed to be independent, showed preferences for some topics over others

Art · Channel (broadcasting · Evening · General election · Government (linguistics · Journalism · Linguistics · Literature · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · State (computer science · Telecommunications · Tone (literature · Computer Science · Law · Media Influence and Politics · Media Studies and Communication · Social Media and Politics

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