Ethical Aspects in Media towards Children in Armed Conflict

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the moral role that the media plays towards children during armed conflicts. This study is considered as one of the descriptive studies using the content analysis method. The sample used by the researcher was determined using the class method for the year (2015) with a period of (3 months) Which represents the time sample, while the volume of media reports that were analyzed reached (887) media reports distributed over the period , and the study yielded the following results: - The topic of "International Humanitarian Law" was number one onthe list of topics with 22.2%, Followed by the second position of the Commission on Human Rights with 12.2%. the study results indicate that the international news agencies were first ranked among all sources with (49.6%), Followed by agencies+channel sources with (22.6%). The written news reports are the type used by theAl Arabiya website in its coverage of the ethical aspects in the media about Yemen children during armed conflict with (62.1%). Keywords: Media Ethics, Armed Conflict, News Reports, Al Arabiya Channel.