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The Presence and Use of Interactive Features on Kurdish News Websites in the Iraqi Kurdistan region. A case study of interactivity of news Kurdish websites of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region
Salih, Hunar R.S.
Salih, Hunar R.S.
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2018
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University of Bradford
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Department of Media Design and Technology. Faculty of Engineering and Informatics
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2018
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Abstract
Internet has emerged as an interactive platform. Thus, new communication
technologies are challenging the traditional media with interactive devices
turning online journalism into a rich media environment. While new information
technologies have enabled media organisations to use interactive features in
the constructed presentation of news websites, few news websites in the Iraqi
Kurdistan region are maximizing such features. Also, this thesis argues that
despite the lack of a good infrastructure in the field of communication
technology and the Internet in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region (IKR), online
journalism has become a major part of Kurdish media outlets and distinctive
from traditional media because of its interactive nature.
The study presented in this thesis focus on interactivity in online journalism by
examine interactive features of Kurdish news websites of the (IKR) and
analyses how news is presented and to what extent these news websites tried
to apply the interactive features on their hompages and inside the news pages.
The level of interactivity of those Kurdish websites was also measured using
several dimensions of interactivity by conducting web-based content analysis.
The analysis of the qualitative part based on in-depth interviews with Kurdish
reporters, editors, editor in chiefs, media experts and web developers. The
findings show that the Kurdish news websites did not fully utilize and enhance
interactive features in online journalism.
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