Frameworks For Handling Citizenship Issues In Kuwaiti Newspapers. A Comparative Analytical Study

Document Type : Academic research papers

Authors

1 Professor of mass communication – Dean of college of Literature previously - Ain Shams University

2 Teacher of public relations and mass communication -College of Literature – mass communication department Ain shams university

Abstract

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The study problem was determined in answering a whose content is "What are the frameworks for Kuwaiti printed newspapers to deal with citizenship issues?" The study aimed to identify the frameworks for Kuwaiti printed newspapers dealing with citizenship issues.
The media framework analysis theory was relied upon to understand and comprehend the framework in which Kuwaiti newspapers discuss citizenship issues by analyzing the content of these issues, and clarifying how Kuwaiti newspapers deal with citizenship values.
The study belongs to the descriptive and analytical studies in the field of media, and the study relied on two approaches to answer its questions, namely: the media survey method and the comparative approach. The analytical study community focuses on journalistic contents that deal with citizenship issues. The study sample was represented in (Al-Watan newspaper - Al-Nahar Kuwaiti newspaper - Kuwaiti Al-Rai newspaper)

The results of the study confirmed:

- Kuwaiti newspapers' interest in citizenship issues, at the forefront of which are; Upholding the state's sovereignty internally and externally, affirming the rights and duties of the individual and society, affirming privacy and self-identity, affirming the values ​​of tolerance, affirming equality.
The journalistic methods used in presenting citizenship issues in study newspapers varied, and they were represented in: Informing, discussion. And criticism and evaluation, suggestions and solutions, the article, the press investigation.
- The sources of covering citizenship issues in the study newspapers varied between; Domestic and foreign newspapers, press representatives, correspondents, writers, writers, writers, Internet, and news agencies.

The study recommended the following:
1- Increasing interest in the diversity of citizenship issues such as:
Highlighting the importance of national history, emphasizing cultural specificity without fanaticism or isolation, and pride in the homeland
2- Increasing interest in official reports as a source for citizenship issues in study newspapers.

3-Increasing interest in articles and journalistic investigations that help highlight citizenship issues.
 
 

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