The problem of this study is focused on how environmental issues are
presented in Syrian newspapers due to the importance of the
environment, the variety of dangers it involves and how journalism deals
with it. This study aims at knowing to what e
xtent Syrian newspapers are
interested in the environmental issue and how they introduce it. This
study answers a number of questions: What is the number, the nature, the
focus, the quality and the quantity of the topics which are concerned with
the environmental issue in the studied newspapers (Albaath, Althawra,
and Teshreen). These newspapers were selected for many reasons: They
are the oldest Syrian newspapers which are still published, and they
constitute the main base of Syrian newspapers. A sample was drawn
randomly from these newspapers during the first six months of 2008 by
the use of the regular industrial week method.
