News Monitoring: Concept and Objectives

News monitoring provides abundant information and trends from various sources for decision-makers. It is indispensable for politicians, economists and those concerned with public opinion, security and national security affairs. News monitoring is a communication process concerned with checking and documenting daily and periodical reports from different news media: local or foreign, printed or audiovisual sources, to identify the trends and views on current affairs. The lecturer focused on the concept and objectives of news monitoring with respect to tracking problematic trends and developments. He suggested that the process should involve practice, by presenting news monitoring models covering Arab newspapers, news agencies or different radio channels.