Abstract—This study aimed at monitoring and analyzing the
press coverage of Saudi youth-related issues in all Saudi daily
papers in Arabic. It was conducted following the victory of the
revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen while in Syria
it is still ongoing. In the study (4514) issues were analyzed and
classified into (9) main issues during (59) days. The scope of this
study is the monitoring of the 12 Arabic Saudi daily papers
issued during the period from 02/06/2011 to 30/07/2011. The
study findings indicated that the press coverage percentage of:
Education issues was (22.40%), Employment (17.08%),
Security and Political issues (15.00%). Whereas the Citizenship
issues (5.49%), and the Information and Culture issues was
(4.70%). All findings and recommendations of the study
included.
Index Terms—Arab spring, press coverage, Saudi youth
related issues, themes.
The authors are with the National Center for Youth Studies, King Saud
University, Saudi Arabia (e-mail: welcomey4@hotmail.com,
kadhem_1977@yahoo.com).
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Cite: Nizar H. Al Salih and Kadhem A. Al Ghoul, " Youth Related Issues in the Saudi Press Coinciding with
the “Arab Spring”: A 2-Month Monitoring and Analysis of
Press Coverage," International Journal of Social Science and Humanity vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 330-337, 2015.