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The Role of Press Information Centers in the State of Kuwait: Applied Research on Al-Watan, Al-Qabas and Kuwait News Agency (in Arabic)
Auther : Mohamed Moawed, Husain Al-Ansari
The purpose of the study was to investigate the current status, in terms of role, function, collections, services, equipment and difficulties, of the press information centers at two daily newspapers, viz., Al-Watan and Al-Qabas, and at the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA).
The methodology utilized for data collection consisted of a questionnaire sent to seventy five key people working at Al-Watan, Al-Qabas and KUNA, such as editors, assistant editors, journalists, photographers, column editors and directors of information centers. This data was supplemented by interviews with editors, journalists and directors of information centers.
The major findings of the study indicated that 58.7% of the respondents often use the information centers, 41.3% use them sometimes, 24% use other information centers and libraries in Kuwait. The study also covered respondents opinions on different issues such as why they use the information centers, their opinion on the coverage of the collections, classification systems used, services, and the difficulties they face when they use the information centers.