Media Conference analyzes global means coverage for terrorist acts.
In the framework of the Second International Conference on Media and Terrorism: means and strategies, which was organized by King Khalid University (KKU), the media and terrorist acts" session, which focused on analyzing the coverage of the world media for some terrorist acts and strategies for dealing with these acts, was held.
Dr. Metlak Saud Abdi Al Mutairi, from King Saud University, has mentioned, in a paper entitled: "The media practical of terrorism" that in November 2015, about 130 innocent people were killed in Paris by a group of terrorists, and the world media had full story coverage of that event. The coverage of that attack was deep and unprecedented compared with other terrorist attacks. Few hours before the Parisian attack, terrorism scooped dozens of civilians in Beirut and Baghdad. Many observers were shocked, not only because of the synchronization of the attacks but also by the contrast of media attention to these attacks. Dr. Al Mutairi explained that that study employed analysis based on quantitative framing of the content that was produced by the world media to show how media institutions cover terrorist attacks with a higher frequency and with deeper analysis of the events in the Western countries than in other parts of the world.
In turn, Dr. Abdul Hafeez Ouosukan, from the University Of Oran, Algeria, presented a paper entitled: French press treatment of terrorism. Dr. Ouosukan suggested exposure to communicative activity in the media exceptional circumstances, launching from the French media coverage of the terroristic attacks of September 11, 2001 and the terrorist attacks which occurred in Paris in 2015 (Charlie Hebdo, Alpataklon hall). The academician pointed out that because of the suddenness of the acts, it was difficult for media institutions to adapt to the crisis because of their lack of critical and analytical distance necessary to approach the event. Because of Running after the scoop, and because of the competition among TV channels and daily newspapers, it became necessary to look for a new standard to define the media in conditions of crisis. The image has been transformed from the "indice" pointer to the event icon.
For his part, Dr. Faisal Farahi, from Quebec University in Canada, presented a paper entitled: Coverage of the Canadian media for terrorist operations..the attack on the Canadian Parliament building in the capital Ottawa as a model. In his study, Dr. Faisal Farahi insisted on the need for the revision of the methods and techniques used by the Canadian media to cover events related to terrorism because it has a direct impact on Muslims living in Canada and on the Canadian society in general.
