Flow of News in the Gulf. New Communication Order 3.

One of a series of publications dealing with the New Information Order, this paper contains reports of two studies concerning news flow in the Arabian Gulf region. The first study describes the content and volume of news exchanged between the Arab States of the Gulf region and Europe. Various sections of this report provide (1) information on the Gulf News Agency (GNA)--including its foundation, structure and departments, number of employees, bureaus and correspondents, news services and bulletins, operation procedures, and cooperation agreements with other news agencies in the region; (2) discussions of the volume and content of the news flow to the GNA--including its news sources, subject matter, news relevance and dimension; and (3) study findings. The second study describes the flow of news between the Arab States and Iran and Turkey. The various sections of this report offer information on news agencies in the region, international agencies, the research methodology, media outputs in Turkey, and the study findings. A concluding section of the paper contains nine recommendations for the Gulf News Agency in order to improve the news flow between that region and Europe. (FL)