Contribute to its promotion by media professionals and its impact on their fasting (A field study on Eritrea by media professionals in Libya)

Abstract

This study aims to identify the psychological pressures experienced by Libyan media professionals and their impact on their professional performance. It also seeks to understand the effects of these pressures and problems on media professionals, and to determine the psychological impacts they feel. The researcher used a descriptive approach and an electronic questionnaire as a data collection tool. The questionnaire was distributed to the research population, which consisted of Libyan media professionals in the cities of Sirte and Tripoli. A sample of (107) individuals was drawn using simple random sampling. The study reached a number of conclusions, the most important of which are: The results showed that the majority of the sample reported that the psychological impact they feel is sleep deprivation, at a rate of 63.55%. The results also revealed that financial pressures and insufficient salaries compared to work efforts are among the most significant economic pressures and problems faced by media professionals, affecting their professional performance, at a rate of 87.85%. The results showed that a lack of support and training to improve their skills, along with the professional pressures and obstacles affecting journalists, was cited by a high percentage of 73.83%. The results also revealed that ongoing political changes in the country are among the security and political problems and pressures facing journalists, impacting their professional performance by 77.57%.