Academic Study: The Media Under the Palestinian National Authority

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Al-Zaytouna Centre for Studies & Consultations presents the academic study “The Media Under the Palestinian National Authority,” by Farid Abu-Dheir, who earned his Ph.D. in Expatriate Arab Press from the University of Leeds, and is currently a teacher in the Department of Print and Electronic Journalism at An-Najah National University.

This study analyzes the development and reality of the Palestinian press, after 20 years of the Palestinian Authority’s establishment, the various milestones, and the degree of freedom it actually enjoys. It studies the media’s ability to influence various aspects of political life, including the Palestinian division, which made conditions ripe for many serious violations of freedom of expression in Palestine. Media polarization reached an unprecedented level, and most journalists were involved in it.

As for the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate, the author discusses its role, division and the gaps plaguing it. Then the author concludes that the Palestinian media is subject to control methods that greatly limit its mobility, making it difficult to provide people with information. Hence, it leads to depriving citizens of their simple right of free access to information, and prevents them from having an opinion and contributing actively in decision-making.

This study is a academic study that was published in the Arabic book of al-Zaytouna “The Palestinian National Authority: A Study of the Experience and Performance 1994-2013,” edited by Prof. Dr. Mohsen Mohammad Saleh, 2014.

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