The Role of the Media in Enhancing Public Awareness - The Transfer of Iranian Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK) Members from Iraq’s Ashraf Camp to Albania

Ahmad Haibat Kannaby, Kholifatus Saadah, Radityo Dharmaputra

2017

Abstract

The mass media is one of the instruments that is commonly used by individuals and groups to disseminate information to be consumed by the wider community. Public awareness can also be raised through the mass media. This is directly related to the function of the media as a tool to increase public awareness and debate about policymaking. Linked with the development of information technology, the role of the mass media becomes very important in forming public opinion related to a phenomenon that occurs. This paper discusses the causes behind the transfer of Iranian members of Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK) from Ashraf Camp in Iraq to Albania. This move took place after National Geographic coverage of the terrible conditions of the MEK members. The authors argue that the mass media has an active and enormous role, in this case, in gaining public awareness so as to put pressure on the United Nations and the United States to act in accordance with what is desired. This is quite interesting considering the previous United States judge that the MEK is a dangerous terrorist organization and become a global enemy. Of course, this happened because of the role of the mass media, which is capable of forming public awareness so as to be able to encourage the United States and the United Nations to make the transfer.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Haibat Kannaby A., Saadah K. and Dharmaputra R. (2017). The Role of the Media in Enhancing Public Awareness - The Transfer of Iranian Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK) Members from Iraq’s Ashraf Camp to Albania.In Proceedings of the International Post-Graduate Conference on Media and Communication - Volume 1: IPCOMC, ISBN 978-989-758-337-7, pages 463-466. DOI: 10.5220/0007331404630466

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ipcomc17,
author={Ahmad Haibat Kannaby and Kholifatus Saadah and Radityo Dharmaputra},
title={The Role of the Media in Enhancing Public Awareness - The Transfer of Iranian Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK) Members from Iraq’s Ashraf Camp to Albania},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Post-Graduate Conference on Media and Communication - Volume 1: IPCOMC,},
year={2017},
pages={463-466},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0007331404630466},
isbn={978-989-758-337-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the International Post-Graduate Conference on Media and Communication - Volume 1: IPCOMC,
TI - The Role of the Media in Enhancing Public Awareness - The Transfer of Iranian Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK) Members from Iraq’s Ashraf Camp to Albania
SN - 978-989-758-337-7
AU - Haibat Kannaby A.
AU - Saadah K.
AU - Dharmaputra R.
PY - 2017
SP - 463
EP - 466
DO - 10.5220/0007331404630466