The article reports on the Filastiniyat Women Journalists' Club in Gaza which offer activities that facilitate the discussion of differing viewpoints, and support the public sphere participation of women and the youth in 2014.
According to studies globally, new media excludes climatic and geographical boundaries from the scope of the power of governments. By influencing the feeling of personal security and freedom, it empowers people and facilitates the shaping of human behavioral elements. These technologies provide the necessary platform for the emergence of new actors and open competition with traditional powers, …
The author stresses the need for honest journalists when writing and reporting about the Middle East. He comments on the stereotyping that supported colonial designs of the past and the polarization of the Middle East media that resulted from the Arab Spring. He suggests steps journalists can take to escape the entrapment of what he calls as journalistic hustling, particularly human rights advo…
The article offers information on formative years of Graham Usher's journalism in the Institute of Jerusalem Studies (IJS) in Sheikh Jarrah, Jerusalem during post-Oslo period. Topics discussed include Sheikh Jarrah being the area of Jerusalemite upper class and a hub for leading Palestinian media and research organisation, Usher being the Mukhtar (selectman) of Sheikh Jarrah to provide informat…
The study aims to analyze journalistic coverage of Okaz Newspaper about Saudi vision 2030 during 2018. It examines amount of attention paid by this newspaper to the topics of the vision and related issues. The paper also looks into coverage consistency and harmony with the policies of selecting and publishing news, factors affecting it, and related journalistic elements such as news sources and…
Fluency in a foreign language, professional knowledge, skills, and abilities is becoming the essential qualities of modern journalists. This paper discusses the notion of English professional communicative competence of future journalists. The purpose of the research is to analyze the components of professional, and foreign communicative competence of future journalists. Also, it aims to determ…
This study aimed to identify the attitudes of Jordanian journalists towards robot journalism, and their effects on the employment of journalists, ethical and professional aspects in the field, and media language. This descriptive study used the survey method and questionnaire as a tool to collect data. The results showed that 56.7% of the sample refused to consider robot journalism as part of t…
The author considers the stereotypes surrounding Arab women journalists. She believes that Arab women were poorly served and manifested in Arab mass media. She mentions factors that helped Arab women journalists to enhance their career in the field of media professionalism. She looks at the catalysts for increasing women's participation.