Coverage of the 2020 U.S. Presidential Elections by Arab Newspaper Websites – An Analytical Study

Abstract

involved with the 2020 U.S. presidential elections . The research also seeks to attain several objectives, the most among them are the fathoming of the volume of attention Arab newspaper websites paid to the U.S. presidential elections and the determining of the Arab stances toward the elections as reflected in these websites. The research uses a descriptive methodology . The researcher applies the analytical survey method, relying on content analysis . The sample of research, chosen through an overall census approach, contained (169) press articles : (45) articles from the Iraqi newspaper . The purpose of this research is to examine the coverage of Arab newspaper websites Al- Sabah website and (124) articles from the Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram website, covering a two month period as the study s time frame .The research came up with several findings, most notably the significant level of attention given by Al-Ahram to covering the U.S. presidential elections, with a wide margin compared to Al-Sabah . This shows the difference in resources between the two websites in interest of Al-Ahram, and it also refers to the importance of the U.S. election results and their connection to Egyptian issues and interests, particularly the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam crisis with Ethiopia.