90. Name: Hataw S. Hussein Title: Content Analysis of the 2010 Iraqi Parliamentary Election: A Comparative Study of CNN and Al Jazeera English Institution: International Islamic University Country: Malaysia Date: 2011 Language: English Abstract: This study investigates the objectivity in the online coverage of the 2010 Iraqi parliamentary election by CNN and Al Jazeera. The news coverage was examined for 42 days from 12 February to 26 March 2010. The total samples collected were 112 stories, of which 38 of them were from CNN and 74 from Al Jazeera. The data were coded for sources of news (official and non-official), direction of news stories (favorable, unfavorable and balanced/neutral), and frames (responsibility, conflict and human impact frame) to test whether there is any significant variation between the two networks in their coverage of the event. Quantitative Content Analysis is used to investigate how the networks objectively covered this election. The analysis yielded significant findings, which clearly distinguished AI Jazeera as covering the election more objectively than CNN based on their comprehensive usage of news frames, presence of balanced/neutral news and employment of varied news sources. Even though one hundred percent of objectivity will never be attained, this study shows that AI Jazeera, in comparison with CNN, displayed more objectivity in its coverage of the 2010 Iraqi parliamentary election.
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