Freedom of the Libyan Press in the Light of the Libyan Political Crisis from Journalists’ Perspective: Field Study

Abstract

The study dealt with the freedom of the Libyan press in light of the current political crisis as a field study on Libyan newspapers, namely Burniq newspaper - Fasania newspaper - Al-Sabah newspaper and the study community that the newspaper Burniq government and newspaper Fasania private newspaper The newspaper Al-Sabah is also governmental when the study aimed to identify the extent of press freedom in Libya for the communicator, and the extent to which this freedom reflects on the professional practice of Libyan journalists, as well as to identify the obstacles, pressures and restrictions facing journalists and limit the application of Freedom of the press, in addition to identifying the views of Libyan journalists on the state of press freedom in Libya and their attitudes towards media legislation. As for the field aspect, this study falls within the descriptive research, and the researcher targeted all those in charge of communication in the newspapers of the field study, and the comprehensive survey method was followed and this was done through the distribution of a questionnaire form to them, and the sample was selected from journalists working in Libyan newspapers (Burniq - Fasania - Al-Sabah) and the number of the sample reached 40 respondents and the field study was applied during the time period between 02-12-2022 AD and 24-1