The Linkage Between Organizational Level Influences and Conflict Reporting
Abstract
This study analyzes the journalists’ perceptions regarding the importance of organizational Level Influences in reporting from the conflict zones. The hierarchy of influence model is used selecting the population of the journalists in the conflict zones of Pakistan. The entire population of the journalists who have been involved in reporting from the conflict zones constitute the universe of the study. A total of 29 conflict zones are identified in the country where 3492 journalists are registered with the selected conflict zones’ press clubs. The results showed that organizational level influences are perceived with different degree of agreement by the sampled respondents. It is evident that the editorial policies of media organizations have considerable influence on conflict reporting.
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