TY - JOUR
T1 - Journalists’ attitudes towards journalism regulations in the Arab world
T2 - Oman as a case study
AU - Al-Kindi, Abdullah K.
AU - Al-Syabi, Bader S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Intellect Ltd Article. English language.
PY - 2016/11/1
Y1 - 2016/11/1
N2 - This study researches journalists’ attitudes towards journalism regulations, mainly publication laws. The study focuses on the Sultanate of Oman as one case study from the Arab world. To the best of the researchers’ knowledge, no local work on this topic has previously been undertaken. However, there do exist some studies that deal with textual and critical analyses of the legalizing press laws in the Sultanate. This study employs the survey method and uses the questionnaire to research journalists’ attitudes, especially those of journalists working on the Arabic dailies Al-Watan, Oman, Al-Shabiba, Al-Zaman and Al-Ro’ya. The questionnaire covered fourteen different topics from which a number of conclusions could be drawn. Notably among them, the majority of journalists working in the Sultanate do not have the necessary background in press legal culture. Furthermore, many of the surveyed journalists thought that the Publications and Publishing Law contradicts the Basic State Law of the country (the Constitution) in some of its stipulations and that it is out of step with current local, regional and international developments in the world of media and communication. Because of this it shackles press work.
AB - This study researches journalists’ attitudes towards journalism regulations, mainly publication laws. The study focuses on the Sultanate of Oman as one case study from the Arab world. To the best of the researchers’ knowledge, no local work on this topic has previously been undertaken. However, there do exist some studies that deal with textual and critical analyses of the legalizing press laws in the Sultanate. This study employs the survey method and uses the questionnaire to research journalists’ attitudes, especially those of journalists working on the Arabic dailies Al-Watan, Oman, Al-Shabiba, Al-Zaman and Al-Ro’ya. The questionnaire covered fourteen different topics from which a number of conclusions could be drawn. Notably among them, the majority of journalists working in the Sultanate do not have the necessary background in press legal culture. Furthermore, many of the surveyed journalists thought that the Publications and Publishing Law contradicts the Basic State Law of the country (the Constitution) in some of its stipulations and that it is out of step with current local, regional and international developments in the world of media and communication. Because of this it shackles press work.
KW - Arab world
KW - Basic State Law
KW - Journalism regulations
KW - Journalists’ attitudes
KW - Oman
KW - Publication laws
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U2 - 10.1386/jammr.9.2.143_1
DO - 10.1386/jammr.9.2.143_1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85105647003
SN - 1751-9411
VL - 9
SP - 143
EP - 163
JO - Journal of Arab and Muslim Media Research
JF - Journal of Arab and Muslim Media Research
IS - 2
ER -