The National Public Radio station (NPR) Coverage of U.S. Presidential Election Campaigns 2020 (Research drawn from a Ph.D. thesis)

Authors

  • Ahmed Salah Taher Al Ameri University Of Baghdad، College Of Mass Communication، Department of Radio and Television. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3277-2569
  • Asst.Prof.Dr. Abdul Salam Ahmed Al Sammer University Of Baghdad، College Of Mass Communication، Department of Radio and Television.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33282/abaa.v14i56.882

Keywords:

Media coverage; U.S. presidential elections; Election campaigns

Abstract

This study aimed at examining the role played by the media outlets during the coverage
of the presidential election campaigns 2020 of the United States of America.
The analytical study used through a partial inventory of the research community
for almost three months from the announcement of the candidates’ names by
the major parties on August 13 to November 6، which is the official election day in
the U.S. National Public Radio Station (NPR) to achieve the objectives of the study.
The study reached a number of conclusions related to the contents، methods and
sources of media coverage of the election campaigns of the 2020 U.S. at the mentioned
station، where the researcher proposed a number of recommendations related
to the need for Iraqi academic institutions and their researchers to move towardsthe study of media phenomena in non-Arab societies by their original .
languages and foreign sources، as well as the need to implement a field studies to find
out the dependence of the American audiences on the media in their coverage of the
elections campaigns for the presidency of the United States.
The researcher proposed several recommendations related to the Iraqi media Outlets
and their role in the internal electoral affairs to benefit from the experience of the
American media outlets in this field.

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2022-08-17 — Updated on 2022-08-17

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Al Ameri, A. S. T., & Al Sammer, A. S. A. (2022). The National Public Radio station (NPR) Coverage of U.S. Presidential Election Campaigns 2020 (Research drawn from a Ph.D. thesis). ALBAHITH ALALAMI, 14(56), 123-146. https://doi.org/10.33282/abaa.v14i56.882

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