The
Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA) executive board meeting in
Tehran on Monday will be a suitable opportunity to bolster convergence among
its members, said Bernama Chairman Datuk Seri Azman Ujang.
In
an interview with the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) ahead of the meeting,
he said
it was vital for OANA to adopt more professional measures to cope with
wide-scaled international media activities.
He
expressed hope that the day-long Tehran meeting to be hosted by IRNA would
prepare ground for further expansion of such cooperation.
Given
extensive use of new technological know-how and digital apparatus, he said news
agencies should draw new plans for news dissemination via cell phones to meet
people's individual and social demands.
World
news agencies should be prepared for the new opportunities as well as
challenges created by social media around the globe, he said.
Since
social media profusely disseminate fabricated news, it urges public opinion to
refer to different news agencies to verify authenticity of their news and
analyses, he said.
Another
tangible fact is that domination of Western Media has been decreased
dramatically thanks to emergence of new social media, he said.
The
world is now approaching towards digitalization, he said.
On
terrorism, Azman said OANA should play its significant role in the fight
against terrorism mainly among world Muslims along with other challenges.
OANA
should expound on the danger of terrorism on global peace and stability to draw
the attention of the world public opinion, he said.
OANA
was founded in 1961 with the goal of facilitating information dissemination in
the region, supported by the UN cultural entity, the UNESCO.
The
organization covering two thirds of the world population has 44 members from 35
countries.
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