Mass Media & Development in Qatar

Background Information Relevant to the Problem

The capacity of an effective use of mass media to shape national development is widely recognized (Herdebro, 1982, pp. 1718). The uncontrolled presence of mass media in society, however, is perceived by many political leaders as a dangerous phenomenon that may lead to undesirable (from the perspective of the political leaders) political change or general political instability. Mass media, thus, tends to be more heavily controlled by government in many developing countries than is the case in the more developed countries with well established democratic political structures. Because of the potential importance of mass media as an instrument of national development, however, there is a growing research focus on strategies that will enhance the effectiveness of mass media as a developmental tool. Within this context, the issues involve the

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analysis. The survey questionnaire that will be administered in the proposed study is one developed by Mohammed (1987, pp. 220258). Mohammed (1987, pp. 1260) reported no validity and reliability testing for the questionnaire in the dissertation. Therefore, the status of the validity and reliability of the instrument is not known. A pretest of the questionnaire instrument will be performed before the instrument is administered in the proposed study to assure that the data of interest will be actually generated by the questionnaire in a valid and reliable way. As the instrument will be prepared in both Arabia and English versions, both validity and reliability determinations between the two versions of the questionnaire will also be performed. The quality of any statistical analysis can be only as good as is the quality of the data upon which it is based; thus, the reliability and validity of data collected for use in statistical analysis is of paramount importance (Ott, 1988, pp. 24, 4351, 107117; Spiegel, 1990, pp. 155193). Validity refers to the extent to which data or a data collection instrument measures what it is actually desired to measure. Reliability refers to the accuracy and precision of a of data c
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