The Journalistic Photo in the Jordanian Daily Newspapers: Analytical Comparing Study for ALDOSTUR and ALGHAD Newspapers

Abstract

This study aims to recognize the importance which Jordanian daily newspapers give to the Journalistic Photo, the subjects which they treat and the sources of these photos. The study used content analysis for random sample from ALDOSTUR and ALGHAD newspapers. The results showed that the photos which treat sports and cultural subjects came the first and second from the all subjects. - 52% from the photos published in the daily Jordanian newspapers are provided from the photographers who work in these papers. - 58.4% from these photos are objective and 41.6% are personal photos. - 66.9% from these photos in the daily Jordanian newspapers are loaded with positive values.