hate speech
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Professional violations by Jordanian TV Presenters
Akeed Platform - Majdi Goussous - Local TV broadcasters are the first building block in building - or destroying - trust between the public and media, as a result of repeated mistakes and negative, unprofessional messages. Repeated mistakes made b...
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'Discrimination,' 'Hate' in Statements, Comments on JEA Elections
AKEED -- The results of the elections of the Jordan Engineers Association (JEA), which took place on Friday, 4 May 2018, and in which the Islamic movement has been dislodged after maintaining a grip on its seats for 26 years, have stirred up a debate...
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Confusing "Cases" With "Complaints" Raises Numbers of Battered Women in Media: Law Does Not Recognize Term "Honor Crimes"; No Statistics About Sex of Victim
AKEED, Aya Khawaldeh Local and external media outlets are inclined to use the highest number when it comes to crimes committed against women in Jordanian society in light of the discrepancy among sources. However, all these sources do not have a c...
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News in Media Outlets…Jokes on Social Media Platforms
AKEED, Shadha Shamayleh News published in media outlets, though serious, has recently become the subject of jokes among Jordanians on social media sites, particularly Facebook. However, most of these jokes and funny comments did contain political ...
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Buyer of License Plate Number 77-7…Mistakes in Media and Hate Speech on Social Media Platforms
AKEED, Anwar ZiadatThe Drivers and Motor Vehicles Licensing Department, in coordination with the Ministry of Finance, organized an auction to sell 15 unique vehicle license plate numbers on Wednesday, 24 January 2018. Local media outlets reported ext...
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Dead Woman in Istanbul Armenian, Not Jordanian; Information in Story False, Pictures Fake
AKEED, Aya KhawaldehMany news websites have carried a story under the headline "Heinous Murder of Jordanian Woman in Istanbul" based on social media reports, without verifying the credibility of the information in it. This has provoked public opinion...
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Media Divided Over Government Intention To Pass Legislation for Social Media Sites
AKEED, Anwar ZiadatThe government has made no secret of its intention to pass a piece of legislation for social media sites. The subject comes up whenever there is a crisis or issue that preoccupies public opinion. The aim is to "control and monitor ...
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Local Media Outlets Exaggerate Statements by Croatian Model
AKEED, Wasfi KhushmanMedia outlets and social media users have exaggerated a post written in Italian by a Croatian model, in which she recounted some situations, which she considered as bad, during a short visit to Jordan. Electronic sites devoted a ...
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Media Offers Conflicting Accounts of Israeli Embassy Crime
AKEED, Aya KhawaldehThere have been conflicting stories of the Israeli Embassy crime, which claimed the lives of two Jordanians, Mohammed Jawawdeh and Dr. Bashar Hamarneh, despite the release of a statement by the Public Security Directorate (PSD) ex...
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Has the Media Presented Public Debate Over Curricula Fairly?
9 November 2016The question of amendments to school curricula has formed what can be described as a rolling snowball, which has turned into an important national public debate despite witnessing a rise in sharp rhetoric, accusations, and, sometimes, ...
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Violations of Professional Principles: Tools Generating "Hate Speech"...Coverage of Syrian Refugees as Example
Tuesday, 3/5/2016 Dalal Salamah The quick answer to any question about hate speech in Jordanian media coverage of Syrian refugees is that there is none, and that, apart from some inflammatory titles and phrases here and there and some reade...
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How Does New Media "Demonize" Society?
Monday, 3 October 2016 AKEED, AMMAN Since June 2016; that is, for the past three months, the expressions produced by Jordanian society in the public sphere have witnessed a clear change. These shocking transformations have been marked...
