العوامل المؤثرة على ممارسة الصحافة الكويتية لوظيفتها النقدية : دراسة مسحية على القائم بالاتصال في عينة من الصحف الكويتية

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This study aims describing the reality of practicing the critical function of Kuwaiti press function and the limits of this practice, through observing the Kuwaiti newspapers’ communicator’s conception of the critical function of the press, and observing their vision forthelegal, political,moralandsocial factorsandorganizational, administrative and professional stressors, which affect the communicator’s practice to his/her critical function.Theresearcherdependsonaquestionnairetobeappliedonasubjectof96items of journalists who work in a variety editing sections in the Kuwaiti newspapers.

Results have revealed some indicators related to work environment in Kuwait, the most remarkable of these indicators are discussed below.

The Kuwaiti press journalists think that there are some determiners for the effectiveness of the critical function of the Kuwaiti press, such as: the political editing of the newspaper, after that the journalists awareness of his/her task related to the critical function, then the organizing legislative atmosphere of press work.

Finally, the society general atmosphere.

ThemostimportantformsofthecriticalfunctioninKuwaitinewspapersare represented in detecting problems and issues of public concern, revealing the imbalances and deficiencies of the political life,andfollowupto the role of regulatory agencies in society.

Most of the respondents agree that the Kuwaiti newspapers have contributed to revealing some corruption charges in the Kuwaiti society, after that it allowed a margin opinion and the other opinion, then addresstng the practices of senior officials, then addressing corruption issues overlooking the political considerations, then focusing on the perversity of junior officials.

Results have revealed that the characteristics of the newspaper audience and its affiliations have come at the forefront of the factors that influence the act of critical function of theKuwaiti press, after that values, customsandtraditions of the society, the publishinglawswithin thecriminal law,thentheaffiliations ofthe editorialmembersand their values, then press laws, the economic interests of the newspaper and its sources of funding, then the social responsibilities considerations, Followed by the social interests ofthenewspaperandthesocialpowerwhichit represents,thenthenewspaperownership pattern.

Finally, the keenness on commitment to the press charter of honor.