The Algerian Electronic Journalism from The Perspective of Communication Professionals A Field Study on a Sample of Journalists from The Constantine Province

Abstract

Electronic journalism has imposed itself as a new face, resulting from the inevitability of media and communication adapting to the digital environment, taking advantage of the features of the Internet which contributed to the speed, of its spread, In this context, the study dealt with monitoring the reality of electronic journalism in Algeria according to the vision of those responsible for communicating, relying on the survey method and the electronic questionnaire.

To collect data on a purposive sample of 34 individuals, representing various Constantine newspaper institutions.

The study concluded that Algerian electronic newspapers succeeded to some extent in exploiting the advantages of the Internet by adopting innovation the technology of merging traditional and modern journalism technologies together. The same results also confirmed that the greatest obstacles facing their development was the absence of legislation and laws that regulate their work.