The Attitudes of the Jordanian Journalistic Discourse towards Subjects Reform In the Amid Era of the Arab Spring “An Analytical Study of a Sample of the Jordanian Daily Newspapers”
Abd-Alrauf M. Ghunimat and Ali O. Nejadat, Faculty of Mass Communication, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan.
Abstract
This study aimed to identify the attitudes of the Jordanian Journalistic Discourse towards Subjects Reform in the Amid Era of the Arab Spring, during the period (14.1.2011 - 13.1.2012).
The researchers used the “random and systematic sample” in choosing the study sample conducted population of the study which included, "Al-ra'I", "Alarab Al-yawm", and "Al-sabeel" daily newspapers. They, furthermore, illuminated the Press Discourse Type that was utilized in the reform articles and the frame of reference of their topics and the active and influential forces roles mentioned in the reform topics.
The study relied on the survey and comparative methods in analyzing the Press Discourse, So the researchers preferred to analyze the Discourse mentioned in the reform articles of the newspapers of the study and they also made several comparisons between the results concluded in the newspapers of study. It is an attempt to clarify the trends of the Press Discourse in each one.
The study concluded that:
1) The newspapers of the study mostly adopted the Political Discourse in dealing with the reform topics with a percentage of (46.78%), The Religious Discourse came in the second rank with a percentage of (14.67%),The lawful and the pluralistic Discourse were in the third rank with a percentage of (13.67%) for each. Finally, the Economic Discourse occupied the last rank with a percentage of (11.01%).
2) All the newspapers of the study have mutual reliance on the political referential topics mostly; however, “al-sabeel” journal surpassed by utilizing the religious reference with a percentage of (27.45%), due to their religious background.
3) The newspapers of the study mostly used logical demonstrations tracks in their Discourses with a percentage of (74.4%), whereas the non-logical proving tracks a percentage (29.6%).
4) The study revealed that the “Internal Active Forces” of the newspapers of study have surpassed the External ones with a percentage of (91.86%), while the external active forces attained (8.14%). Also, the positive role of the “Internal Active Forces” with a percentage of (98.61%) has surpassed the positive role of the External ones with a percentage (1.39%).
Key Words: Jordanian Press Discourse, Reform Subjects, Arab Spring.