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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-94333-7
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree
Ph.D.
Discipline of degree
Mass Communication and Media Arts
Body granting the degree
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
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2015
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This dissertation was conducted to determine whom the Kuwaiti newspapers indexed in their news reports during the Karamat Watan protests, and how Twitter influenced the indexing process. This study also examined how and why Twitter affected Kuwaiti journalists' agenda building process during their coverage of the protests. For the purpose of this study, the theoretical framework was the indexing model and the agenda building theory. To answer the research questions and hypothesis in this dissertation the researcher used a mixed method approach, comprising the quantitative content analysis of Kuwaiti newspapers and qualitative in-depth interviews with Kuwaiti journalists.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Journalism; Mass communications
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Subject Term
Communication and the arts;Arab spring;Indexing model;Journalism;Kuwait;Mass communication;Twitter