The Gulf media is different in its capabilities
The Arab media has turned into a crisis management in recent years
During the session "Arab media.. A Gulf point of view".
Emirates today
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The “Arab media.. A Gulf point of view” session concluded that the Arab media has turned into crisis-management media in recent years due to the succession of health, economic and political crises, and that every Gulf and Arab country has privacy in its society, conditions, capabilities and political experience, which makes the media and media tools in Each country differs in capabilities and forms from the other.
The participants in the session stressed that exchanging experiences and visions is in the interest of winning the challenge in the face of the intrusion of investment platforms that dominate the advertising market.
The session, which was moderated by the journalist Issa Al-Marzouqi, was attended by the editor-in-chief of the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Qabas Walid Al-Nisf, the editor-in-chief of the Saudi newspaper Okaz Jamil Al-Thiabi, the editor-in-chief of the Bahraini newspaper Al-Bilad, Mu'nis Al-Mardi, and the editor-in-chief of the Emirati newspaper Al-Bayan, Mona Bousmara.
Al-Nisf said that the years have taught those in charge of the professional media in Kuwait many lessons, and the accurate scientific follow-up of numbers and data has enabled them to reach conclusions and conclusions on the basis of which many useful decisions and initiatives can be built.
He reviewed a set of figures monitored by "Al-Qabas" on its website, which indicate the presence of tens of millions of followers from outside Kuwait of important personalities in Kuwait, in an indication of the dominance of digital means over information transmission channels.
He stressed that there is a marketing of ignorance and its support through social media that reminds what the traditional media was doing when it was striving in what he called "star industry", and said that the solution cannot be by imposing government control over the type and content of media materials, as institutions must have A kind of self-censorship.
For his part, Munis Al-Mardi warned of the change in the reader's behavior, which must be monitored on a daily basis, and met with everything that can be built upon towards providing better content that keeps pace with aspirations and changes.
He pointed out the difficulty of relying on self-financing in light of the lack of financial support from the government.
He expressed his fear of not taking practical steps and deliberate plans to meet the risks that threaten the continuation of the work of Arab media institutions in the correct and required manner.
Bousmara called for the need to learn from lessons and focus on the positives to advance media work towards development and continuity, stressing that opportunities are available for media development if the opportunity is given to young people, attract energies and competencies, and move away from negatives and retreat behind crises.
Bousmara discussed the experience of Al Bayan newspaper, which was able to keep abreast of all recent developments and benefit from modern technologies in developing its performance, noting that the period of crises was useful in discovering the capabilities and capabilities of the institution, which helped it set priorities and goals.
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