403FS2013 Hamada

Tunisian Revolution

Keisuke Hamada

English 403 Section 2

Spring 2013

Background

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Comparison of Coverage about Tunisian Revolution in Two Newspapers

• Newspapers

the New York Times and the Yemen Times

• Database used to find articles

the Proquest newspaper search

• Number of articles found

7 articles in the New York Times and 3 articles in the Yemen Times

• Keywords used for the research

Tunisian Revolution, jasmine, Ben Ali, democracy, and freedom

Finding from the Investigation

• Coverage on the New York Times

mainly focused on Tunisian revolution itself.

moderately reported influence on other Arabian countries.

• Coverage on the Yemen Times

focused on incidents in Yemen inspired by the Tunisian revolution and how Yemeni people were inspired by the Tunisian revolution.

not paid much attention to the Tunisian revolution itself.

The First Difference in the Headlines

• Headlines of the articles in New York Times

Almost all articles used words directly associated with Tunisia.

• Headlines of the articles in the Yemen Times

All articles except an article used no directly associable words with Tunisia.

The Second Difference in the Depth of Reporting about the Tunisian Revolution

• Coverage of the New York Times

reported a detail of the inside of the Tunisian Revolution.

• Coverage of the Yemen Times

reported just the general information of the Tunisian revolution.

The Third Difference in Reporting Influence on the Other Arabian Countries

• Coverage of the New York Times

reported just possible influence in the future.

• Coverage of the Yemen Times

reported a detail of the actual influence on Yemen.

Conclusion

• The three differences in the coverages of the two newspapers.

• Reason of the differences

The New York Times

- A world wide newspaper

The Yemen Times

- A localized newspaper