The U.S. and Saudi Newspaper Coverage of Gender: A Case Study of Two Appointed Saudi Ambassadors, Khalid bin Salman and Reema Bandar, to the United States of America

Abstract: This study examined the coverage of gender in U.S. and Saudi newspapers. The case study focuses on the appointments of two Saudi ambassadors, Khalid bin Salman and Reema Bandar, to the United States of America. 71 articles from four newspapers, which were The Washington Post, The New York Times, Alriyadh, and Okaz, were coded to answer the major questions: Does the gender of journalists, male or female, affect the nature of the news? What are the frames that were built by U.S. and Saudi newspapers when covering the articles considered for the case study? How do different frames affect audience engagement with the U.S. and Saudi newspaper coverage of gender-related stories on Twitter and Facebook? The framing theory was applied to this study, and the results supported that the frames which had been built by newspapers had an effect on the audience.