Employment of Mobile Journalism within News Rooms on Jordanian News Electronic websites: A Field Study

Abstract

This study aimed to know how to use mobile journalism within news room on news websites, depending on the descriptive and analytical survey method. The study population consisted of journalists working within news rooms on news websites, by applied to a sample consists of (256) individuals; to achieve the goals of the study, the researcher relied on data-collection instrument, such which was questionnaire. The study reached several finding, most importantly: the nature of mobile uses by journalists working within newsrooms in news websites is (editing and publication) in the first place; with arithmetic mean of (0.63), and the study showed that (news) is the most productive art of journalism on mobile. The study revealed that the motive (ease of carrying a mobile phone and the ability to move quickly)came in the first place, with arithmetic mean of (2.93). the results showed that the most difficulties facing journalists working within news rooms in online news sites (newness of mobile journalism), as it came first with an arithmetic mean of (2.55). the study found that (ease of movement) is the most positive for mobile journalism for working journalists from sample study, as it came first; with arithmetic mean of (2.94) and the most obvious mobile applications that support journalism are (Voice recorde) Camera ++( in the first place, with an arithmetic mean of (0,48)