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Digital Media Framing of the Egyptian Arab Spring: Comparing Al Jazeera, BBC and China Daily

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  • Minos-Athanasios Karyotakis
  • Nikos Panagiotou
  • Nikos Antonopoulos
  • Matina Kiourexidou

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Digital Media organizations had a crucial role on the coverage of the Egyptian ¡®Arab Spring¡¯, but until today the outcomes of the news gathering are debatable in the academic society. This study examines the frames of the English-language websites of Al Jazeera, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), and China Daily from 9 to 13 February 2011 because of the termination of Hosni Mubarak¡¯s presidency. The sample consists of 92 website articles, which report the Egyptian ¡®Arab Spring¡¯ without considering any video footage in the examined news stories. The particular article examines the frames of each article and categorizes them according to a Knowledge Extraction (KE) tool named ¡®Open Calais¡¯, which is owned by another media organization, Reuters. In this study, China Daily¡¯s coverage differs from the former researchers¡¯ results regarding the ¡®Arab Spring¡¯ covering. According to the findings, there was a merited coverage on the case of the Egyptian ¡®Arab Spring¡¯ without relying exclusively on the content of the official press agency of the People's Republic of China, Xinhua News Agency, and acted like a western-type news media.

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  • Minos-Athanasios Karyotakis & Nikos Panagiotou & Nikos Antonopoulos & Matina Kiourexidou, 2017. "Digital Media Framing of the Egyptian Arab Spring: Comparing Al Jazeera, BBC and China Daily," Studies in Media and Communication, Redfame publishing, vol. 5(2), pages 66-75, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:rfa:smcjnl:v:5:y:2017:i:2:p:66-75
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    1. Shiming Hu & Weipeng Hou & Jinghong Xu, 2021. "How Do Chinese Media Frame Arab Uprisings: A Content Analysis," Media and Communication, Cogitatio Press, vol. 9(4), pages 331-344.
    2. Shiming Hu & Weipeng Hou & Jinghong Xu, 2021. "How Do Chinese Media Frame Arab Uprisings: A Content Analysis," Media and Communication, Cogitatio Press, vol. 9(4), pages 331-344.

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