The Al Jazeera Phenomenon: Critical Perspectives on New Arab Media - Softcover

Zayani, Mohamed

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1594511268 ISBN 13: 9781594511264

Publisher: Routledge, 2005

Synopsis

Few phenomena in the Arab world are more controversial than Al Jazeera - the satellite television news channel that, despite its brief history, has made its impact known throughout the world and changed the face of a formerly parochial Arab media.This timely collection of articles, many by Arabic-speaking scholars, gives us more information and analysis of the network - and how it has affected the public and even the foreign policies of Western governments - than any other of the very few books published in English up to now.The book provides rare insights into Al Jazeera's politics, its agenda, its programs, its coverage of regional crises, and its treatment of the West. The authors attempt to gauge the station's impact on ordinary Arab viewers, understand its effect on an increasingly visible Arab public sphere, and map out the role it plays in regional Arab politics. The image of Al Jazeera that emerges from this book is much more complex than its depiction in American media. It reveals the powerful role that the network plays in shaping ideas and reconstructing Arab identities during a crucial juncture in Middle Eastern history and politics.

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Review:

I think it will be a first in the field of Middle Eastern media studies... the issue of public policy, foreign relations and the impact of the media on democracy, human rights and development remains burning. (Azza Karam)

About the Author:

Mohamed Zayani

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1594511268
• ISBN 13: 9781594511264
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 232