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Browsing Theses and Dissertations by Author "Sayyah, Rita, Ph.D."

Browsing Theses and Dissertations by Author "Sayyah, Rita, Ph.D."

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  • Agenda setting in the Syrian war : a framing theory approach 
    Gerges, Ralph Badih (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2009-05)
    This paper studies how each television covers war using different type of frames based on its agenda setting. Depending on an extensive literature review analysis dealing with similar international and local conflicts and wars, this study links between what happened in the past in other countries and cities and the war in Aleppo. The paper raises four main research questions: RQ1: how much importance did the television stations give to the Aleppo situation?, RQ2: did the newscasts present both sides (opposition and regime) of the story?, RQ3: what type of language was used by each channel to ...
  • Empowering women through migration : portrayal of the effects in Albi Dak series 
    Chehade, Cynthia (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2021-12)
    Adults aged between 15 and 29 years old usually migrate from rural to urban areas because of the educational gap between their villages and the cites (CDR, 2016). This study examines the portrayal of this phenomenon of migration from urban to rural areas in televised series. It compares the empowerment that Carine Rizkallah, writer and lead woman character in “Albi Dak” series, demonstrated in the series to the lives of women in real life, and whether or not that empowerment portrays reality. In order to direct the thesis statement, this study conducts some research on a few subjects: Cultural ...
  • The October 17th revolution : evaluating motives and effects behind sharing fake news on social media 
    Khalil, Dalal (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2022)
    In light of the influence of fake news on the Lebanese revolution that was ignited on the 17th of October 2019, this research paper examines how Notre Dame University (NDU) students reacted, assessed and were affected by false information. Four focus groups were conducted with 24 NDU students from different faculties and majors to gather valuable results. To answer this study’s five questions and look deeper into the youth’s behavior, comprehension, and evaluation of fake news spread on social media, the researcher adopted the Uses and Gratifications Theory (UGT) developed by Katz in 1959. The ...

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