Abstract
This study focuses to probe the portrayal of pro and antigovernment Syrians groups in Saudi and Iranian press. It is
hypothesized that Arab news and Tehran times portrayed pro
and anti- government Syrians groups differently. It is also
hypothesized that press of both countries framed pro and antigovernment groups differently. The theoretical framework for
this research was based on framing theory. The research follows
the quantitative research design content analysis strategy. The
times frame was selected from 1st January to 31 December 2013
and researcher designed a coding sheet by selecting two frames,
pro-government and anti-government frame. The data was
analyzed through SPSS and Chi-Square test was applied on data
.The findings of the study revealed that there is significant
difference in portrayal and framing of both newspapers. Both
hypotheses were accepted.
Dr. Zahid Yousaf, Dr. Sultan Mubariz Khan , Dr. Asia Saif Alvi . (2020) Media Coverage and Political Interests: Portrayal of Syrian Conflict by Saudi and Iranian Press, Pakistan Social Sciences Review, Volume 4, Issue 1.
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