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405 2018 | 2nd Indonesia International Graduate Conference on Communication (Indo-IGCC) Proceeding Credibility of Online and Traditional News; Perceptions of Pakistani Journalists Wajid Zulqarnain 1 Amna Zareef 2 Farzana Kausar 3 Shumaila Kauser 4 1 Assistant Professor/Program Manager Media Sciences Department, Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST), [email protected] 2 Lecturer, Media Sciences Department, Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST), [email protected] 3 Faculty Member, Media Sciences Department, Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST), [email protected] 4 Radio Producer, ZAB FM 106.6, Media Sciences Department, Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST), [email protected] Abstract Objective- Pakistan is a developing country where private news media has mushroomed growth since 2002 and similarly the internet is also a new technology blooming in the society of Pakistan. Both of the technologies are new yet having deep penetration for communication of news media. In such scenario a debate is going on about the credibility of both mediums. The study debates about the credibility of both media by the perspective of journalists, it also sheds light on the reasons of particular medium being more credible than other and also emphasize on the reasons of assessing credibility and its standards. Methodology/ Technique- A survey was conducted to find out if online news source can be a threat for the existence of traditional medium in future. The respondents were Pakistani journalists of both traditional and online news media. Findings- The point of view of journalists about credibility of online news is either because of their association with traditional medium or may be mostly online news are the exact depiction of what is going on traditional medium. Novelty- The result shows that some journalists also consider online news platforms useful because of its easy access and timely information. Theme- Communication Studies Keywords: credibility, perceptions, news websites, traditional media, journalists.

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Credibility of Online and Traditional News;

Perceptions of Pakistani Journalists

Wajid Zulqarnain1

Amna Zareef2

Farzana Kausar3

Shumaila Kauser4

1 Assistant Professor/Program Manager Media Sciences Department, Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute

of Science and Technology (SZABIST), [email protected] 2 Lecturer, Media Sciences Department, Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology

(SZABIST), [email protected] 3 Faculty Member, Media Sciences Department, Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and

Technology (SZABIST), [email protected] 4 Radio Producer, ZAB FM 106.6, Media Sciences Department, Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of

Science and Technology (SZABIST), [email protected]

Abstract

Objective- Pakistan is a developing country where private news media

has mushroomed growth since 2002 and similarly the internet is also

a new technology blooming in the society of Pakistan. Both of the

technologies are new yet having deep penetration for communication

of news media. In such scenario a debate is going on about the

credibility of both mediums. The study debates about the credibility

of both media by the perspective of journalists, it also sheds light on

the reasons of particular medium being more credible than other and

also emphasize on the reasons of assessing credibility and its

standards. Methodology/ Technique- A survey was conducted to find

out if online news source can be a threat for the existence of

traditional medium in future. The respondents were Pakistani

journalists of both traditional and online news media. Findings- The

point of view of journalists about credibility of online news is either

because of their association with traditional medium or may be mostly

online news are the exact depiction of what is going on traditional

medium. Novelty- The result shows that some journalists also

consider online news platforms useful because of its easy access and

timely information. Theme- Communication Studies

Keywords: credibility, perceptions, news websites, traditional

media, journalists.

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Introduction

Media plays an influential role in a society and communication impacts human

thought and actions. Garrison (2000), Chan (2006) and Weise (1997) explored that

journalism and media news are built on the credibility. With the advent of online news

websites, there is an increased competition in the news journalism around the world. In

the traditional news media reaction to the new key player on media scene, there is a

negative approach in aspect of credibility sources, difficulties in identifying the truth on

online world and the reliable information. Similarly Bennett (1985) and McCoy (2001)

mentioned that the traditional media journalists think that online journalism has shaped

journalism more in the aspect of new media world environment. Hovland and Weiss

(1951) mentioned that credibility of news has been an important face of journalism and

mass communication since long. However the influential credibility of news that

concentrates on different source credibility dimensions highlighted disparities in

credibility perception to many different channels of media. Some of the most renowned

media scholars like Chan (2006), Flanagin and Metzger (2000), Bucy (2003), Johnson and

Kaye (1998), Jordan (2007) and Kiousis (2001) has also explored the recently online news

realm with aspect of credibility of media analysis. The online journalism study by The

State of the News Media (2006) concluded that more online users, the less trust on news.

The most increasing reliable websites are those which are associated with traditional

media. The News Media (2006) also reported that the increase to the traditional media

websites is equal as per the increase and boosting skepticism in direction towards the

other or alternative form of online news. It has also been found that those individuals

who are interested in blogs are more suspicious of it as they find no hard information in

the arguments and authenticity is always lacking, but the trust level of people are better

on traditional media and then talking about online those website which are associated

with traditional media channels get more credibility amongst users than other online

news media.

Purpose of the study is to determine the view of journalists on online news

credibility as compared to traditional media. The sample journalists are those who are

working in the traditional media news organizations and also online journalists who are

working within the media that offering all information only on internet. The important

goal of the study is to confirm Pakistani journalist’s perception about credibility with the

increase and growth of news websites, and also to address the perception of Pakistani

journalists against the credibility of social media news and traditional media news.

Literature Review

Trends of Social Media Users in Pakistan

According to Zulqarnain (2017), new technologies have given opportunity to

everyone to choose their own information sources particularly in Pakistan where the

social media has gained momentous growth for the last some years. Similarly Aun (2013)

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elaborated the social media a medium that is the widely and mostly used by people of

all the age. It further explains that social media network is basically a platform where

individuals communicate with one another. Sophie (2013) explained that social media is

rapidly growing and changing atmosphere of mass communication; it stands on four

pillars that are called communication, participation, belief and the transparency.

According to world stat reports (2017), there are above 110 million blogs and 100 million

videos, and more than 123 million Facebook worldwide users. The study of Butt (2017)

shows that 75% of population in the countries which are developed and using internet

and social media is under the 25 years age. In November 2012, Facebook announced that

it has more than 1 billion worldwide users, Canadians are 18 million users. In the same

way July 2012, Twitter has mentioned that it has 517 million users are around the world.

In society of Pakistan, social media is becoming more popular. According to Internet

world stats (2013) Pakistan has 32 million users. Abida (2013) quoted that in Pakistan

people use social media to communicate; their purpose is to use it for five purposes, first

is to share breaking news by mainstream media, second is to motivate individual for

other campaigns. Third is to emphasize some issue and the problems related to aspect

of humanitarian, fourth is to participate and look for social cause activities, and last but

not least to be a medium in between the politicians and public. According to Karamat

and Farooq (2016), internet in Pakistan has emerged in the year 1995 and the internet

world stats (2013) suggest that Pakistan is ranked 8 out of 10 highest popular in internet

usage amongst Pakistani young generation.

Qureshi (2016) claims that Facebook has widespread usage in Pakistan and a rapid

increase at this popular social networking site can be seen in the last five years. Qureshi

quoted Facebook Audience Insights as saying that about 15 to 20 million men in Pakistan

are Facebook users, and almost 5 to 6 million are female users. Beside all this the report

of Broadcasting Board of Governors (2014) shows that more use of social media also

reflects the country's tough restrictions on media freedom, include the extensive self-

censorship at the domestic outlets, particularly coverage of government security or

intelligence agencies or powerful non-state militias. The report further elaborated that

the coverage of Pakistani incidents by reporters are limited because these incidents are

restricted by the security department and any reports need to be reviewed.

According to the domestic news and international perspectives of the Pakistani

incident mentioned by the Broadcasting Council (2014), 84.1% people are interested in

news. The report shows that about a third (32.1%) are generally interested in

international news, although this figure rose to half (49.1%) in the middle or higher

population. Relatively few Pakistanis are interested in news of the United States (14.9%),

the United Kingdom (12.2%) or Europe (11.4%). The proportion of computer and home

Internet access among Pakistani households was 15.8% and 8.7%, respectively. In

Pakistan, only 8.4% said they had already accessed the Internet in the past few years.

The use of the Internet in men, the Pakistani Youth and Urban Residents Broadcasting

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Council (2014), and Pakistani people above secondary education are particularly likely to

become weekly Internet users (37.1%). Most of the weekly Internet users in Pakistan

stated that they use the Internet at home (72.3%) instead of work (15.5%), Internet cafes

(4.4%) or schools (3.9%) to access the Internet. According to the Broadcasting Council

(2014), weekly Internet users in Pakistan are more likely to say that they have accessed

the Internet via mobile phones.

Trends of Traditional Media in Pakistan

We live in the age of technological advancement mentioned by Ashgabat (2012),

and our media environment is changing faster than we imagined 10 years ago. In this

diversified world, Ashgabat (2012) found that online media did not replace traditional

media but created very fierce competition for them. Ashgabat (2012) further explained

that with the development of social media, more and more people can practice the work

of journalists. Even if they are not professionals, they are more and more actively

involved in the information sharing process. The freedom of the media as a human right

is not retained by the media company or the editorial department, Ashgabat (2012). This

right cannot be explained only in the context of traditional media, but is applicable to

any form of public publication.

According to Ashgabat's research (2012), most traditional mass media are also

building a blogging platform; the web version also tries to actively infiltrate social

networks, arguing that this is necessary for the new era explained by Ashgabat (2012)

Conditions, many experts believe that traditional media have the obligation to respond

to social networking and other phenomena and consider the existence of social networks

is absolutely necessary. In the context of Pakistani media, Zulqarnain's (2017) study

shows that the proportion of traditional media users is 50.7%, television users' main

source is 33.8% of newspapers, and only 9.5% of radio stations.

The study also found that the use of traditional media is significant for 42.0% of the

severe news. Similarly, Cheong's (2010) research focuses on traditional media

preferences and consumption, broadcasting, newspapers, television, and magazines.

Warraich's (2011) study mentioned that there are many private traditional media in

Pakistan, many of which are controversial and even antagonistic to the government's

Open Source Center (2010). In fact, even though the then Pakistani President Musharraf

imposed a broadcast ban on them (some media completely ignored the ban), in fact they

are often praised for helping trigger the 2007 democracy movement. Warraich (2011)

further explained that many Pakistani joined protests based on information obtained

through verbal communication or mainstream media reports, rather than via social

media, thus undermining the description of new media as mass mobilization. Warraich

(2011) mentioned that in this way, Pakistan’s traditional media has chosen new media

as a transformative power. Similarly, Kugelman (2012) explained that traditional media

can use social media for personal gain. The major television channels in Pakistan have

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multiple Facebook and Twitter accounts liked by hundreds of thousands of followers, so

traditional media is getting benefitted with the excess usage of social media. So, one can

argue that the sparks of communication provided by social media, especially the ability

to expand the space for debate and information exchange can help provide an enabling

environment for the mobilization efforts of traditional media. In addition, Kugelman

(2012) explained that website traffic monitoring websites and polls have found that

blogs have much fewer clicks than traditional media sites. In view of the lagging efforts

of the traditional Pakistani media to develop codes of conduct and other regulatory

tools, similar attempts by social media may also face significant challenges. Another risk

that can be mitigated is the rapid proliferation of inappropriate and indecent content

explained by Treydte, Schleser, Helle, Frank Winiger Haug and Esper (2006), and many

efforts by the traditional media have failed, including a short TV Dawning News Channel

is dedicated for selecting unethical media behaviors, but there are also some success

stories.

Social Media and Journalists

Galtung, (1973); Lynch (2005); Hanitzsch (2004); Kempff (2007); Allan (2007) and

Keeble (2010) believe that power, politics, and profit have always been the media's

traditional conflict. In recent decades, the debate on "Peace News" as a method of

conflict has gained momentum and attracted the attention of some scholars. However,

Aslam (2011) mentioned that there are many problems in the effectiveness of peace

news, and its application to other forms of media has still not been answered. However,

Memon (2014) believes that radio is the most widely-used medium in Sindh province.

Finally, from the geographical point of view, Memon (2014) mentioned that the

proportion of rural reporters choosing newspapers (61.6%) was higher than that of

selective broadcasting (48.8%) or television (50.0%) and in urban journalists, choosing

television. The proportion of people using television (50.0%) and radio stations (51.2%)

is almost equal to and greater than the proportion of people choosing newspapers.

Memon (2014) concluded in the opinion of rural journalists that newspapers are

the most widely consumed media; while for urban reporters, television and radio are the

most widely consumed news media in Pakistan. From a news standpoint, Alejandro

(2010) mentioned that new media technologies have a serious impact on the journalism

industry. Alejandro (2010) further explained that the way most public and commercial

media are changing is more important than the emergence of citizen news or an

independent blogosphere. However, Mezzera and Sial (2010) believe that Pakistani

journalists also face four dictatorships. The last is that the longest of all journalists was

severely scrutinized in the hands of dictators. They implemented censorship and many

journalists were killed in the target killings. Butt (2014) mentioned that the prominent

growth of the media gave voice to the general public and helped people understand

difficult governance methods through political discussions and news reports. Blumer and

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Katz (1973) quoted that there are not reflexive users but there are active and they are

able to select and choose mediums by their own ways and as per their requirement. In

addition the system of media dependency theory by Sandra and Defleur (1976), they

presented theory in a sociological and conventional literature, which vary on

assumptions that biggest social media systems cannot be assumed as their audience

researches and in media.

A study of Alejandro (2010) found that 150 journalists across Pakistan agreed that

social media has a negative impact on Pakistani journalism and anyone can share any

nonsense on social media. The research findings further indicate that most journalists

think they are dissatisfied with the content, because in most cases, the information

shared on social media is unreliable, there is no credibility. Many times opinions are

presented as news items. Butt (2017) concluded that journalism should not ignore the

role of gatekeeper/editor, especially in a country like Pakistan, where the country is

faced with endless problems explained. He further explained that social media has made

reporters lazy because many reporters do not engage in activities in this area but use

information shared on social media. Because of its unreliable and unconfirmed news

people are misled, there was no editor concept, and the future of the press seemed dark.

Research Questions and Hypothesis

The aim of this study is to find out the credibility of social and traditional media

among the journalists therefore following research question are made

RQ1: Which is the most credible news media considered by the respondents?

The literature about the credibility of the medium shows that journalists who work

in traditional media considered online media less credible than the online websites that

are governed by the registered traditional media platforms therefore based on the

review of this literature following hypothesis is formulated:

H1: Journalists consider traditional media operated online news websites more

credible than online websites that are operated privately

Bucy (2003) defines credibility is perceived by the respondents as being accurate,

fair, informative, and believable and in detail, or if they have shaped the new criteria,

than the study create another research question:

2. What are the factors that help journalist to rate medium credibility?

Research Methodology

Survey method was applied and a questionnaire was formulated on the scale of Bucy

(2003). The population was Pakistani journalists associated with traditional and online

news media. 200 questionnaires were distributed randomly and out of which 183

responses were usable. In order to determine the reasons for assessing the credibility of

the media, unstructured questions were also asked to the interviewees: Why did they

evaluate the credibility of certain media and how they defined credibility. The purpose

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of these questions is to ask the respondents to obtain their own credibility standards as

an alternative of providing them with the standards known in the literature.

Results and Discussion

Results of data show education, gender and the age, which does not have a significant

statistics effect. It means that the credibility of news media evaluation of journalists does

not significantly differ on age, education and gender based. Those participants who

particularly evaluate media as credible more and they are not homogenous about the

education, age structure and gender. But the credibility evaluation is in correlation with

regards to use of internet daily that is showing in Table 2. And also working with a group

of particular medium “traditional on internet, traditional, internet” showing in Table 3.

And also correlations in between these all variables which are significant statistically in

both of the charts verified.

Table 1. Journalists’ Evaluations of Media Credibility

Disagreed Don’t

Know Agree Sum

Credibility level higher in Traditional News Media 70 11 102 183

News websites of the Traditional News Media have

High Level of Credibility 53 50 80 183

News websites operated privately have High Level of

Credibility 103 40 40 183

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Table 1 is showing rating of journalist’s credibility of a specific media groups. 102

respondents are in majority who agreed that the news of traditional media have more

credibility degree. About 80 respondents are recognized who show News websites of the

Traditional News Media have High Level of Credibility. Half of them could not decide if

these websites are credible. 40 respondents are in favor the news websites of online

companies. Disagreed respondents are 103.

Table 2. Journalists’ Evaluations of News Media Credibility (Daily Use of the Internet)

Traditional

media are

credible

Traditional media

on the internet are

credible

internet media

are credible

Less than 1hr a Day 96 61 26

Less than 5hr a Day 97 66 20

5-10hr a Day 70 81 32

More than 10hr a Day 20 65 98

Results showing in Table 2, the internet media are more credible evaluated for

those study respondents who are more often internet users in a day course and with

those who are online news media worker. The respondents however who less

experiences of daily use with internet and who are working for traditional media news

evaluated more credible traditional news media. In this way the hypothesis of the study

are confirmed that journalists who are working for traditional media news rate mostly

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the online news sites of established media traditional media organizations as credible

more than online news company’s news sites.

Table 3. Journalists’ Evaluations of News Media Credibility (Working within a Medium of a

Particular Group)

Traditional

media are

credible

Traditional media

on the internet are

credible

internet media

are credible

Working in Traditional Media 95 71 17

Working in Traditional Media on Internet 39 74 70

Working in Internet Media 26 67 90

Table 3 results shows that those respondents who are with traditional media are in

traditional media credibility favor as 95. Similarly those respondents who are working in

media internet are in favor of credibility of internet media as 90. However those who are

working for traditional media on internet are showing as 70 respondents. This means the

majority of respondents are in favor of more credible traditional news on internet then

other.

It has been observed that the Respondent’s opinions fluctuate as their association

with the certain medium changes. Alejandro (2010) also found that in the profession of

journalism the credibility opinion may change as with association with the medium.

Likewise journalists working with internet medium consider online news medium more

credible as compared to traditional medium. Current study found that those Pakistani

journalists who spend less time on internet use have opinion that online news media are

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less credible than news traditional media. Similarly those journalists who are using

internet more than ten hours a days have opposite opinion. McQuarrie (1999) also found

that the opposite and negative perception or the judgment of online news websites may

be due to their wrong evaluation or due to their own work discontent, and is also evident

in current study. Particularly the study analysis reveals that those journalists who are

working for the news websites of traditional media perceive negatively their work, it also

name as “copy paste” practices of production. Respondents explain this copy paste

practices as a sensational news translation from the other countries media and it also

shape public relation messages in news item forms. These kinds of conversations or

arguments are not to guide that Pakistani journalist who does not locate valuable

websites companies online.

Conclusion

The paper presents analysis on how journalists assess the news websites credibility and

how this evaluation can be contextualized in comparison with traditional media. The

journalists are individual who are directly associated with media and their opinion and

beliefs can be valuable for the journalism research in world of online media. The key

finding of the study shows that majority of Pakistani journalist community who are

working in traditional medium still believe that the news traditional medium is more

credible than online medium; interestingly most of the journalists also have given their

opinion that online mediums which are associated with traditional medium have higher

credibility than other online mediums.

Respondents realized the internet value to open a huge journalism space.

Particularly respondents focused and valued online news as medium of timely

information that is useful to make decisions in competitive world. Respondents

sometimes point out the credible medium, as it assured by equal authenticity by online

news media users community. Expectations might be if journalism influence value

resources on internet increase, than the wide range of community sense will be

developed, in order to further prevail over most of negative professionalism sense in the

field of journalism. The study also hypothesized that the modern community model

would be better which serve for interest of public news accepts to follow up for

important and exclusive standards. Some of the missing data or information circulated

may be moderated by online and then be of good services to the national audience. So

Media ownership, government management of Pakistan should keep opinion of

journalists in mind and should focus on the factors that can help in improving journalism

as profession and ultimately to develop credibility on our media nationwide.

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