179. Name: Rim Fatiha Kadouri Title: The Role of Digital Media in Shaping Algerian Audience’s Political Awareness: A Descriptive Analytical Study of Al Jazeera. net Website Institution: University of Oran Country: Algeria Date: 2018 Language: Arabic Abstract: This study investigates the impact of digital media on the Algerian audiences’ political awareness. It focuses on the role of Al Jazera.net in shaping the political awareness of these audiences. The study is divided into four chapters, whereby the first chapter discusses sheds light on digital communication and its contribution to the development of media in both form and content. Chapter 2 introduces a cognitive communicative approach to the formation of political awareness, elaborating on the relationship between media and politics. Chapter 3 looks at the identity of Al Jazeera.net and its ideology by analyzing its content as an example of Arab news websites. The analysis focuses the website’s coverage of Algerian issues as a means to reach out to the Algerian audience. The fourth chapter tries to identify to role Al Jazeera.net plays in shaping the Algerian audience’s political awareness, especially that data shows that five millions Algerians have subscribed to its official website. The findings revealed that Al Jazeera.net plays a significant role in creating a public sphere for the Algerian audiences, who consider it as a source of political information.
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