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Enframing News:An Ethnographic Study Of Afp Policies And Procedures 2000 -2003, Safaa M Kanj

Archived Theses and Dissertations

The study focuses on the Arabic desk of the French News Agency (APP) which is one of the main language desks of the international wire service that provides news in six languages. APP is the largest news provider in Arabic language to the media in the Middle East and North Africa.

Employing the techniques of a participant observation or ethnographic study, the work explores the constraints journalists face during the process of selecting, translating and editing the news.

Journalists were observed at work and questioned about their selections and

decisions, in addition to their views concerning the problems of objectivity …