الملخص الإنجليزي
This study strives to detect, analyze and interpret the quality of press coverage to human rights issues within the local, regional and international spectrum. The methodology that was used for this study was through surveying Oman and Al Zaman newspapers concerning issues related to human rights. Content analysis took place through primary resources which consisted of interviews and secondary resources which were made up of data gathering from published articles. This methodology was used in order to achieve and illustrate the objectives of the thesis. Of the prominent results collected after analysis, it was illustrated that the coverage of human rights issues was much lower than expected within the papers that were analyzed in Oman. It was observed that of the few cases that were given press coverage, an in-depth account was lacking in order to instil awareness where principles and the multidimensional aspects of human rights exist. Despite the persistence of local journalists publishing the few articles on human rights, limitations remain where the misuse of terminology when referring to international instruments. This confirms the lack of awareness and knowledge within journalists where human rights concepts are concerned. As a result local journalists depend on foreign news agencies in order to portray human rights issues, as a consequence, human rights news are thus not always analyzed but simply transferred from foreign news agencies to local. In conclusion, the study provides recommendations for the development and improved coverage of human rights within the Arab regional newspapers
