Strategies for Journalistic Discourse Regarding Arab and Islamic Context 2024 Content Analysis of Al-Riyadh Newspaper

Abstract

This research examined the strategies journalistic discourse uses to address the Arab and Islamic context in 2024, aimed to identify and explain the specific discourse strategies Al-Riyadh newspaper presented in its coverage of the 33rd Arab Summit and the extraordinary session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. The objectives are to analyse how journalists use these strategies and to address the main research question regarding the prevalence and function of each strategy. Researchers applied content analysis as a descriptive method and combined it with a historical approach. The research community includes all 100 paragraphs from the two speeches, and researchers analysed them via a comprehensive survey. The content analysis tool organizes findings under two main categories: "what was said" and "how it was said," each with subcategories. This approach identifies the frequency and prevalence of different discourse strategies. The findings reveal that Al-Riyadh newspaper employs a variety of discourse strategies when covering the Arab and Islamic context in 2024, with persuasion strategies being the most frequent.