دور الإعلام كجهاز رقابي في مكافحة الفساد

Abstract EN

Corruption has become an epidemic that threatens human societies with a comprehensive sweep and has become a real threat to democracy and the rule of law, and is worsening to the point where it threatens many societies with stagnation and possibly collapse, devours the wealth of states, hinders investment, and weakens citizens' confidence in power, which makes necessary for all to unite their efforts to fight it, alongside with the government being keen to provide all kinds of support to eliminate this phenomenon.

the media, in all its means, has a great responsibility in the fight against corruption in all its forms, as it represents the fourth authority in society after the executive, legislative and judicial authorities, it constitutes the popular authority that expresses the conscience of society and preserves its national interests, so the supervisory role is one of the most important roles of the media, if we are serious about establishing a democratic society that enjoys justice, information must be made available to the media so that they can play their part.

without information, the media cannot disclose the facts; therefore most of our cases become questionable and mere rumors, and the state should support and encourage regulatory bodies and the media to detect corruption.

therefore, the title of our research is (the role of the media as a regulatory body in the fight against corruption) the research is from three investigations that included the first research methodology of the problem and the importance, objectives and methodology either the second research on what corruption is, and the third research includes the role of the media in reducing this phenomenon of corruption, in addition to the results, recommendations and sources of research.