Propaganda-based Classification of Arabic Newspapers

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" Propaganda-based Classification of Arabic Newspapers "
Al-Ziyadi, Wafa Saeed Murshid Zaghouani, Wajdi

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1104348
Doc. No	:	TLpq2220404800
Main Entry	:	Al-Ziyadi, Wafa Saeed Murshid
	:	Zaghouani, Wajdi
Title & Author	:	Propaganda-based Classification of Arabic Newspapers\ Al-Ziyadi, Wafa Saeed MurshidZaghouani, Wajdi
College	:	Hamad Bin Khalifa University (Qatar)
Date	:	2019
student score	:	2019
Degree	:	M.A.
Page No	:	33
Abstract	:	In this project, we explore the factuality of reporting and the bias of Arabic news media. We use a quantitative measure of political leaning and bias of a set of the most popular newspapers in the Middle East and North Africa. Previous studies have focused on classifying the news based on a single factor, for example, fake/true news. In this project, we analyze and characterize most of the well-known Arabic newspapers based on multiple factors of political polarization such as Islamist, liberal, pro-government, independent, … etc. The labels that are assigned to each newspaper have been collected from three reliable sources, namely; (i) Media Bias/Fact Check (MB/FC); (ii) Wikipedia (Arabic); and (iii) Wikipedia English. The labels from the three sources are aggregated to get a reliable and accurate classification of the Arabic newspapers. Our findings will be used to build a media bias tool that allows the user to get the political polarization of any given Arabic newspaper.
Subject	:	Journalism
	:	Middle Eastern Studies
	:	Political science