Specialized Reports
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Journalist Elections…Living Concerns Overshadow Politics and Supporting Professionalism
AKEED, Wasfi KhushmanThe curtain was drawn on the elections of the Jordan Press Association (JPA) on Friday, 5 May. Rakan Saaideh became the 30th president of the JPA after he won 513 out of 891 votes cast by journalists, while his four rivals collec...
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Index of "Reporters Without Borders" Absent From Daily Newspapers; Highlighted by Websites
AKEED, Osama RawajfehJordanian daily newspapers, in their hardcopy editions published today, 27 April, made no reference to the World Press Freedom Index issued by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), on which Jordan has fallen three places in 2016 and r...
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NCHR Report on Parliamentary Elections:
AKEED, Wasfi KhushmanJordan Television has not provided coverage of the report on monitoring parliamentary elections for 2016, which was released by the National Center for Human Rights (NCHR) at a news conference held on Wednesday, 19 April. Media i...
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Have Media Outlets Helped Public Get Used to Suicide?
AKEED, Aya KhawaldehSeveral Jordanian media outlets have continued to publish news about incidents involving suspected suicide without heeding legal, ethical, and professional rules that govern the coverage of such incidents. Usually, these incidents...
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2016: Year of Media Lies
2016: Year of Media LiesWhat Are the Top 10 False Rumors on Social Media Pages Locally?What Are the Top 10 False News Stories in the Media on Local Events?What Are the Top 10 False News Stories Regionally and Internationally?The year of lies or year ...
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Coverage of Terrorist Operation in Kerak: Media "Out of Control"; Citizen Journalists Lead the Way
AKEED-AmmanFor long hours in the evening, and deep into the night, on Sunday/Monday, there had been a state of lack of control in the media while covering news and details of the terrorist incident in the city of Kerak (specifically at Kerak Castle)....
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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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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...
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Is Medical and Nutritional Advice Offered by Media Correct? 62% of Online Medical Content Inaccurate
News related to health, medications, and other information affecting human life is highly sensitive. Therefore, media outlets that abide by professional traditions are very strict when it comes to this type of content, which is considered as importan...
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Apologizing for "Publishing Mistakes": Professional Practice Absent From Media
AKEED - Saad al-Faour A monitoring exercise conducted by the Jordanian Media Credibility Monitor (AKEED) has revealed that "apologizing for mistakes in Jordanian media" is still a limited and modest professional practice. Jordanian media outlets are ...
