Trends of Mass Communication Research in The Faculty of Media and Arts Journal at Misurata University (2015-2020)

Abstract

This research seeks to monitor trends in media research that published in the Journal of the Faculty of Arts and Media at Misurata University from November 2015 until December 2020. On the other hand, this research is considered as a descriptive one, and it depends on the method of content analysis, both quantitative and qualitative, by applying melta analysis on (58) researches have been selected in a manner comprehensive survey. The results indicated the diversity of universities to which the researchers belong, which amounted almost (23) universities distributed among (8) Arabiccountries. The results showed the diversity of media researches' majors which is published in the magazine, as well as the various topics covered by those researches. Applied researches got a large percentage. On the summit of the researches were "field researches". Also, most of these researches have been prepared in different ways which they are "survey approach", followed by the "descriptive approach".