IBC Members Participate in the International Conference on (Media’s Role in Combating Terrorism & Extremism – Virtual Media; the New Weapon of Terrorism)
IBC Chairman Dr. Majid Saedi, IBC Vice Chairman and Secretary General Mr. Saad Naji and IBC Social Responsibility Advisor Dr. Amila Naji participated on Tuesday September 27th 2016 in the opening ceremony of the International Conference on the (Media’s Role in Combating Terrorism and Extremism – Virtual Media; the New Weapon of Terrorism) organized by the Arab Authority for Satellite Broadcasting under auspices of the Arab League held at Amman – Royal Hotel.
During the opening session of the Conference, the speakers emphasized the need for rational strategies to enable the media to act as a tool for confrontation as well as becoming means of propaganda to prevent terrorist groups from realizing their goals and desires.
The speakers indicated that the gravity of the threat posed by the terrorist attack on the homeland and citizen’s life works on increasing the public’s desire to recognize the source of this threat and ways of avoiding it.
They further said that there are moral, psychological, economic and social disastrous consequences caused by terrorists operations which work on the eagerness of the media to study these effects and raise the public awareness. They deemed that the exciting character of the terrorist event itself enriched by the unexpectedness, gravity, out of the ordinary, conflict, effects, consequences and active figures, which characteristics work on turning the terrorist event to a full exciting and attractive drama.
The speakers pointed out that terrorism’s need for media is clear and is manifested through the videos posted by the terrorist groups which are characterized by adopting various elements of excitement and high quality production that had met with wide interest on the sides of media and public alike due to the high techniques used in filming and production of these videos.
The opening session was concluded on emphasizing the importance and seriousness the impact of this phenomenon.
In light of the participatory responsibility, the Arab Authority of Joint Satellite Broadcasting based on the invitation of the Arab League and Civil Society Institutions, urged towards addressing the phenomenon of terrorism and extremism in its various forms.
This Conference, organized by the Arab Authority of Satellite Broadcasting under auspices of the Arab States League, is the Authority’s second conference in its effort to highlight the most prominent characteristic of the media address to terrorism and extremism phenomenon.
The Conference was attended by the Head of the Sunni Endowment Diwan Sheikh Abdullatif Al-Hmeym, the Arab League Assistant Secretary General Dr. Hayfa Abu Ghazala, Head of Information and Communication Sector, the Iraqi Ambassador to Jordan Mrs. Safiya Al-Siheil in addition to a large crowd of diplomatic and economic dignitaries.
