Addressing Russian newspaper sites of the Russian-Ukrainian war And the attitudes of the Egyptian community in Russia towards it- Field Analytical Study

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Journalism Department, Faculty of Mass Communication, Beni Suef University، Beni Suef ، Egypt

Abstract

The study aimed to monitor the most important issues highlighted by the sites of the Russian English-speaking newspapers in covering the Russian-Ukrainian war, as well as to monitor the extent of objectivity or bias of the sites of the Russian English-speaking newspapers in covering the Russian-Ukrainian war, and to identify the attitudes of the Egyptian community in Russia towards covering the Russian-Ukrainian war in the sites Russian newspapers, monitoring the extent to which the Egyptian community in Russia trusts the Russian-Ukrainian war on Russian newspaper sites.
This study belongs to the field of analytical field studies, and it aims to identify the treatment of the news of the Russian-Ukrainian war by Russian English-language newspaper sites.
This study relies on the survey method, both quantitative and qualitative, as the researcher used it quantitatively to survey a sample of the Egyptian community in Russia consisting of (150) individuals, and at the qualitative level to analyze the journalistic materials published in a sample of Russian English-speaking newspapers (Moscow Times - Sputnik) in The period from February 20, 2022 to February 20, 2023. The study relied on the content analysis tool and the Lori Haikawa scale to measure the objectivity of journalistic materials, as well as the electronic questionnaire tool to collect data from a sample of the Egyptian community in Russia; This is due to the difficulty of direct communication with the Egyptian community in Russia.
The study reached a set of results, most notably:

The affirmative opinion sentence in the Moscow Times recorded the highest percentage of the total sample, at 25.11%; Where the researcher monitored their use in highlighting the statements made by Russian officials in support of the war on Ukraine, so they came in the form of sentences of opinion that do not depend on numbers, data, evidence, or arguments, but they are sentences of opinion sent and supported by the words of the author of the statement and the source is unknown. The affirmative opinion statement is ranked fifth according to the Laurie Haikawa Scale of Journalistic Objectivity.
The high reliance of the respondents on the Internet in following the Russian media, where social media and electronic newspaper websites came in the foreground, which is consistent with the nature of the age stage of most of the respondents, as most of them were between the ages of 21 and 40 years, with a rate of 48.7%. .

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