Gulf Newspapers and Their Role in Connecting States of the Gulf Cooperation Council

Abstract

the winds of change in the world  order started from multiple places, especially with the beginning of the disintegration and collapse of the former Soviet Union, and   the breakup of the socialist bloc .As the researcher believes, this event has had a very serious importance in the emergence of “the new world order”. This latest order swept the world and created new coalitions. It also supported the existing regional organizations, and also resulted in the support of existing regional organizations, such as the European Union, the Asian bloc, and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in the Arab world. Many researchers started to talk about the importance of having a strong international and regional multi -polar powers which play political, economic and cultural roles in this new world order.This study aimed at finding out the role played by the newspapers of the GCC countries in this international order. The study also aimed to identify the role played by the Gulf Press, as one of the mainstays in the formation of public opinion, and to create awareness among the Gulf people and the Arabs in general. Another main objective of this study was to identify the extent of the GCC press contribution in providing the GCC citizen with the new information, achievements, dissemination of news and positive images of the GCC countries.The first hypothesis: The Gulf newspapers contribute in the formation of the gulf citizens’ public opinion in terms of published news and information. The second hypothesis: There is no cooperation and agreement among the Gulf newspapers regarding publishing news and information which concerns the Gulf citizen. The third hypothesis: There are professional and political impediments which play a major role in the process of news and information dissemination about the GCC citizen in the Gulf newspapers.