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The visual and social semantics of the journalism photography of the Corona pandemic among university youth

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Prof. Dr. Khaled Mustfa1, Prof. Dr. Salah Gad2*, Prof. Dr. Saeed Nasef3, Prof. Dr. Alaa Al-Rawashdeh4

1Mass communication, Ajman University, Ajman, UAE.

2College of Humanities and Sciences, Ajman University, Ajman, UAE.

3College of Humanities and Sciences, Ajman University, Ajman, UAE.

4College of Humanities and Sciences, Ajman University, Ajman, UAE.

Volume: 16 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 01-23 | March 2024 | https://doi.org/10.54940/ss26143403 | PDF

Received: 01/11/2022 | Revised: 08/11/2022 | Accepted: 20/11/2022
Corresponding Author: [email protected]


Abstract

The study addresses an important theoretical and applied topic of visual and social semantics of the associated and widespread news image of university youth in the light of the coronavirus pandemic. The study is an analytical descriptive study, drawing on the analytical descriptive method and used the sample social survey. The study relied on the questionnaire tool, which was applied to sample of 269 university youth from the Faculty of mass communication and the Department of sociology, Faculty of Humanities and Science at Ajman University. The study found that there is a range of visual and social semantics to the news image during societal crises such as and is an important tool for diagnosing social reality and societal crises.

Keywords

COVID 19, visual semantics, social semantics, university youth.

How to Cite

Mustfa, K., Gad, S., Nasef, S., & Al-Rawashdeh, A. (2024).The visual and social semantics of the journalism photography of the Corona pandemic among university youth. Journal of Umm Al-Qura University for Social Sciences, Vol-16(1), pp.1-23. https://doi.org/10.54940/ss26143403

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