Press Coverage of Education and Teaching Topics in the Iraqi Press. (Analytical Study in the Iraqi Al-Zaman Newspaper from June 1st to August 31st, 2014)

Abstract

This study examined the role of the Iraqi press in documenting education-related topics in the Iraqi newspaper Al-Zaman (internal edition) during the occupation of Mosul. The study's objectives included identifying the journalistic techniques used, the percentage of coverage of education-related topics, the media frameworks and trends of the content, and the extent and scope of the journalistic techniques and images employed .The research utilized content analysis to collect data during the sample period, employing a comprehensive enumeration of all items in the sample. The total sample size was 172 issues..The study concluded with several findings, including that news and reports constituted 83% of the coverage, and that educational topics comprised 32% of the coverage. Furthermore, the study found that news about the Ministry of Education was more frequently covered than news about higher education and scientific research (56%), and that news concerning conflict zones was less prevalent.