HEBRON – Ma’an – Students of the Master’s program in Multimedia at the College of Graduate Studies at Palestine Polytechnic University discussed this week purposeful and specialized theses in the field of image and visual narrative, in order to complete the requirements for obtaining a Master’s degree.

The university welcomes and the Deanship of Scientific Research praises the outcomes

At the beginning of the discussions, the Dean of Scientific Research, Dr. Nafez Nasr El-Din, welcomed the arbitration committees, students, and families, stressing the need for concerted academic efforts to raise the level of research outputs in general and specialized in the field of narrative, image, and film and cinema studies in particular, praising the level of students and welcoming cooperation with academics at the local and Arab levels.

The Dean of Scientific Research stressed that such meetings organized and held by the Multimedia Master’s Program are important in terms of the quality and type of theses, in addition
to their importance for the transparency of the scientific discussion process, welcoming the step of diversifying the discussion committees and their multiple orientations and schools, which will enrich the discussion sessions and their outcomes.

The discussion sessions and arbitration committees were led by an elite group of media, film and cinema studies professors at the local and international levels, amid an atmosphere full of purposeful scientific discussions that will contribute significantly to enriching the students’ theses, developing the scientific field, and strengthening the role of national institutions and research centers with the outputs of those theses.

In turn, the letters reviewed the role of the image as an influential visual medium, tracing its historical and cultural context and its expressive eloquence. The dissertations relied on descriptive analytical research methods according to the qualitative approach, presenting extensive studies that addressed the critical and theoretical dim
ensions. The researchers also employed precise research tools to obtain solid results that enrich the field of knowledge and the research community.

Distinctive and diverse theses and prestigious arbitration committees from different backgrounds

The first thesis of the student Ranad Al-Rajabi, entitled ‘The Intellectual Implications of Video Art in Palestine’, was supervised by Dr. Nasr Jawabreh, Coordinator of the Multimedia Master’s Program, Dr. Suhair Nasr from Al-Ummah College, as examiner, Dr. Rahab Nazzal from Dar Al-Kalima University as external examiner, and Dr. Nasr Jawabreh from Palestine Polytechnic University as internal examiner.

This thesis addressed the intellectual content of digital video art in Palestine, revealing its types and the intellectual discourse that reflects the Palestinian awareness of the importance of this art in the digital age.

As for the second thesis by student Hanaa Al-Zaarir, entitled ‘Persuasive Appeals in the Short Film,’ it was supervised by Dr. Amer Gharaibeh from
Yarmouk University, Jordan, while it was discussed by Dr. Nasr Jawabreh from Palestine Polytechnic University as an internal discussant, and Dr. Hafez Asakreh from Palestine Ahliya University as an external discussant.

The researcher aimed to identify the types of persuasive appeals in short films and strategies of cognitive and perceptual deception through manipulation of the cinematic image.

The committee recommended that the student Al-Za’arir be awarded a master’s degree with honors in multimedia, noting the importance of the thesis, its subject, and its newness to her thesis after making formal, but not substantive, amendments.

The third thesis in the discussions of the theses of the students of the Multimedia Master’s Program at Palestine Polytechnic University was for the student Israa Badr for her thesis entitled (The Role of Hybridization in Enhancing the Content in Animated Films).

The discussion committee consisted of Dr. Nasr Jawabreh, coordinator of the multimedia program at Palestine Polytec
hnic University, as supervisor and chairman, Dr. Suhair Nasr from Al-Ummah University, and Dr. Maryam Jibril from Al-Quds University.

The committee recommended granting a master’s degree to the student.

As for the fourth thesis for the Multimedia Master’s program, it was by student Salsabil Rizeikat for her thesis titled (Good and Evil Characteristics of the Hero Character in Disney Movies).

The study aimed to explore the characteristics of the hero in Disney films. The researcher employed the descriptive analytical approach to examine the transformations in the roles of characters in Disney films and their embodiment of the conflict between good and evil, and to identify the characteristics that these characters carry in those films that she chose as a sample for the study.

The researcher identified the features as an analysis tool by designing a content analysis card through which she monitored the most important transformations in the roles of the heroes’ characters who embody the conflict between good
and evil in those films.

The discussion committee consisted of Dr. Muhammad Ghaleb Hassan from Egypt as the thesis supervisor, Dr. Hafez Asakra, head of the Media Department at Palestine Ahliya University, as an external discussant, and Dr. Nasr Jawabreh, coordinator of the multimedia program at Palestine Polytechnic University, as an external discussant.

The discussion committee recommended that the student be awarded a master’s degree after making the formal amendments approved by the committee.

Praise and appreciation

For their part, the arbitration committees praised the importance and quality of the submitted messages, noting the importance of the selected topics and their keeping pace with the times. They also praised the students’ research capabilities and academic development, emphasizing the need of the research community for these specialized theses in image research and artistic and cinematic production.

For his part, the coordinator of the Master of Multimedia specialization, Dr. Nasr Jawabre
h, thanked the arbitration committees for their purposeful comments and research capabilities, stressing the importance of local and international cooperation in the fields of image, film studies and cinema, which contributes to enriching the outputs of researchers and improving the quality of the submitted scientific theses.

Source: Maan News Agency